Design of Air Quality Monitoring Tool in Internet of Things (IoT) Based Chicken Coop

Abstract

Chicken growth is greatly influenced by environmental factors that can affect the quality of chicken meat and eggs, such as temperature, humidity, and light intensity. This research aims to monitor the level of ammonia (NH3) in chicken coops with IoT technology via smartphone. This is necessary to maintain the right time for cleaning the chicken coop to improve health and productivity. The system generally consists of an mq-137 sensor for the ammonia gas sensor, an Arduino for the operator's brain or data processor, an LCD for ammonia gas output data, and the addition of a fan to make it more effective to suck ammonia gas in the area inside the cage. The mq-137 sensor data is in the form of ammonia gas that has been processed by Arduino, then connected to the internet network through the Wemos d1 mini-module to upload the sensor data to the Blynk application and can be monitored on a smartphone. The monitoring device system successfully provides cage cleaning information or an alarm to the breeder when the ammonia level exceeds 10 ppm. This tool effectively measures the change in ammonia levels in broiler chicken droppings with a maximum value of 11.45 ppm.

Keywords:  Ammonia, Chicken Coop, Internet of Things, Air Quality, MQ-137.