A multi-parameter integrated water quality sensors system

Abstract

Because of the rapid development of aquaculture in China at present, it is more and more urgent to apply hi-tech devices in aquaculture field to guarantee its efficiency. There are already many devices used for monitoring water quality have been developed. However, many of them are only in a step of academic research or too expensive to apply to practices. In this paper, a multi-parameter integrated water quality sensors system which has a practical value based on self-contained design is introduced and the hardware and software of this system are researched and discussed. A test conducted at Taihu Lake in Jiangsu province, China shows that this system can perform well. And this system has many features such as low cost, low consumption, multi-parameter and real-time data upload. The features and good performance above suggest the practical and potential application of the system in water monitoring. And this system still has much space to improve. It may become lighter, more integrated, and more portable in the future. © 2013 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.