Title: Real-time intelligent control of hydroponic nutrients for plant factory

Period: 2012~2014

Supporting organization: Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Contents:

- Evaluation of the predictive ability of an array of ISEs for simultaneous determination of NO₃, K, and Ca ion concentrations in hydroponic solutions

- Development of a new nutrient management system and dosing algorithm to maintain target concentrations of NO₃, K, and Ca ions during the period of lettuce growth

 

Title: Development of a Multi-Environment and Crop Sensing and Control System for Plant Factory 

Period: 2014.01~2015.12

Supporting organization: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Contents:

- Crop production increase by the optimum condition management based on the fusion sensing of crop status information, physical factors, and image information

- Construction of an web-based multi-environment monitoring system and a database for the optimum crop growth conditions

 

Title: Development of Ion Monitoring and Control Algorithms Using Several Ion Sensors for Reusing Drainage Solutions 

Period: 2013.08~2016.08

Supporting organization: Korea Institute of Planning and Evalution for Technology of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (IPET)

Contents:

- Development of the individual ion sensors

- Development of the calibration techniques for the individual ion sensors 

- Development of the individual ion monitoring system

- Development of the automated individual ion monitoring system for field application and the addition of the add-on function

 

Title: Development of Sensor Technology for Water Quality Monitoring 

Period: 2015.01~2018.04

Supporting organization: Korea Institute of Planning and Evalution for Technology of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (IPET)

Contents:

- Development of sensor technology for drinking water in water source

- Development of Nitrate and EC electrodes for water quality monitoring

- On-line surveillance system with the automated sensor calibration and diagnosis

  

Title: Development of a Technology for Improving the Durability and the Reliability of Nutrient Solution Sensors in Greenhouses 

Period: 2016.10~2018.10

Supporting organization: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Contents:

- Development of drift compensation techniques for the nutrient solution sensors (EC/pH)

- Development of temperature compensation techniques for the nutrient solution sensors (EC/pH)

- Development of an automated calibration and diagnostic system for the EC and pH probes

 

Title: Development of an individual ion monitoring system for nutrient analysis and an artificial intelligence based recycling nutrient solution controller for plant factories

Period: 2018.03~2020.12

Supporting organization: Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Contents:

- Design of an individual ion monitoring system

- Design of the fertilizer controller for ion balances in hydroponic solution

- Development of an artificial intelligence based recycling nutrient solution controller