The use of intensive aquaculture techniques in the United States has placed an increasing emphasis on maintaining water quality. Development of a low-cost and reliable automated water quality and feed condition monitoring and control system would provide both research and commercial aquaculturists with a means of maintaining water quality for hatchery, nursery, grow-out and feed production systems. Information gathered manufacturers has indicated that four elements are required to design an appropriate monitoring/ control system: an understanding of the biological, physical and chemical parameters critical to aquaculture; experience in capability: and experience with control devices and electronic theory. To date there have been no coordinated efforts to integrate these four elements to produce a complete system of monitoring and control for aquaculture. Utilization of off-the-shelf environmental sensors, microcomputers and control devices integrated by software modules would go far in alleviating the problems attendant to maintaining water quality in intensive aquaculture systems.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
8860720
Program Officer
Ritchie B. Coryell
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1989-01-01
Budget End
1989-09-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
$19,500
Indirect Cost
Name
Hadley Company
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Charleston
State
SC
Country
United States
Zip Code
29412