Application of chicken coop environmental control system in the Internet of Things era

　　With the development of technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been linked to seemingly unrelated industries such as animal husbandry and aquaculture, building an invisible IoT network. In the animal husbandry industry, the IoT mainly plays a role in data acquisition and automatic control. The development of poultry house environmental control systems is also very rapid, with more applications in poultry houses due to their complex management.

　　The essence of the Internet of Things is a network connecting objects and things. It mainly uses sensors, wireless data acquisition terminals, and other sensing devices, combined with wireless communication and positioning technologies, to connect objects to the internet for information communication and exchange. The poultry house environmental control system applies IoT technology to poultry farms, using sensors and other sensing devices to collect various parameters from the poultry farm, wirelessly transmitting them to an intelligent control cabinet and synchronously to a management cloud platform. Through the cloud platform's PLC logic analysis and processing, commands are issued to start and stop corresponding equipment, covering breeding, environment, feeding, disease prevention, and quality traceability in poultry farms. It is a revolutionary technological change in the animal husbandry industry, upgrading and replacing traditional animal husbandry operation models.

　　The environment directly affects the growth quality of poultry and livestock. With the development of large-scale farming, management difficulty increases costs. First, environmental monitoring: the poultry house environmental control system uses ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, temperature and humidity, and illuminance sensors to collect data from the poultry farm 24/7, establishing comprehensive data monitoring of the pig farm.

　　Second, intelligent logic control function: according to the fluctuation of collected data, it automatically executes the set control equipment. For example, when the temperature in the incubator is below 36℃, it automatically turns on warming lights and other heating equipment according to the manager's settings, and automatically turns off the heating equipment when the temperature rises to 37.5℃, and so on. Note: The specific temperature setting depends on the 21-day incubation period, this is just an example. Other issues such as excessive ammonia content, excessive carbon dioxide concentration, and insufficient lighting duration are also controlled using the same logic.

　　In addition, for situations such as sudden temperature increases, low water level, and equipment failures such as feeders and waterers, the cloud platform sends warning messages through various methods such as WeChat, phone calls, and text messages to prevent managers from missing them.

　　Furthermore, data from the poultry farm is stored and recorded. Data collected by sensors and equipment, the start and stop of equipment such as ventilators, and information sent before and after alarms are all recorded on the cloud platform and generated in forms such as tables and curves that are easy to analyze, compare, and export, stored at a frequency of minutes.

　　For many professional farmers, the poultry house environmental control system has advantages such as digitalization, intelligence, and integration compared to traditional farming methods. It is a new model for large-scale farming and brings many conveniences.

　　1. Automated control of the farm environment, achieving precise control of various environmental parameters in the poultry farm;

　　2. Timely receipt of poultry farm warning information, enabling rapid response to abnormal and emergency situations;

　　3. Establishing a poultry farm management database, gradually exploring standardized and scientific farming solutions to improve egg quality;

　　4. Precisely controlling the consumption of water and electricity and other energy resources to reduce resource waste;

　　IoT technology is being applied in various industries. For professional farmers, choosing a poultry house environmental control system improves economic efficiency, enhances egg and meat quality, and facilitates the management of poultry farms.