Prototype of Automation of Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Systems Based on Internet of Things
Yogie Fajar Pratama, Endro Ariyanto, Siti Amatullah Karimah · 2019
Compost is an organic fertilizer made from the remnants of plants, animals and decomposable domestic waste with help from decomposers. The process to make compost is still manually done. Organic remnants and waste are piled and buried to create heat during the composting process. Then, the pile is mixed with hand and shovel to control moisture and temperature. Since ideal temperature and humidity have to be estimated manually, it will affect the decomposing duration. Compost will take more time to make if the mixing process and heat are not distributed well. Based on those problems, this research devises an automatic compost maker prototype which can detect temperature and humidity in the composting process based on Internet of Things, so the data can be processed by fuzzy logic, which also acts as the main control to run the actuator (heater and water pump). Temperature and humidity data from the sensor will be sent to a database, then the fuzzy logic will determine the optimal temperature and humidity for the composting process by activating the actuator which consists of water sprinkler, heater and mixing motor. Based on experiment results, the prototype is able to create compost in 14 days or 2,35 times faster than using the traditional tools that require 33 days.