Intelligent Greenhouse Design based on Internet of Things(IoT)

Abstract

Greenhouse is a methodology that helps in increasing yield of crops, fruits, vegetables etc. Naturally the fruits and vegetables can be grown in a particular region, having particular climate and also at times in a particular season or at a particular time. Greenhouse aids in increasing the yield of the product by controlling the environmental parameters. Conventionally greenhouse controls the environmental parameters manually or by proportional control mechanism.These methods are less effective as manual intervention results into labor cost, energy loss and production loss also at times. This paper proposes a design of an intelligent greenhouse with the use of Internet of Things. This design monitors and controls the climate intelligently without the intervention of man.In this paper, we focus on red bell pepper cultivation using intelligently controlled environment. In India, generally green peppers are commonly used. Many types and colors are available for peppers. But the long time duration to get red color and sweet taste in pepper than any other pepper, it becomes a costly affair for the farmers. It also requires specific attention for cultivation. In this paper we will discuss the design of controlled environment. For this we make use of different sensors to measure environmental parameters and according to plant requirement. By connecting this system to IoT(Internet of Things), we create a cloud server to access it remotely. This removes constant manual monitoring. The cloud server also allows to process data and apply control action inside greenhouse. This design will help to provide optimal and cost effective solutions to our farmers with least manual intervention.