Optimal Fertigation for Automated Fertilizer Blending System by Minimising Fertilizer Cost and Utility Consumption
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/CET2294019" target="_blank" >https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/CET2294019</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET2294019" target="_blank" >10.3303/CET2294019</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Optimal Fertigation for Automated Fertilizer Blending System by Minimising Fertilizer Cost and Utility Consumption
Original language description
In agricultural industries, efficient nutrient and water management are crucial to saving costs maximising crop yields, and increasing profit. A fertigation system is used to irrigate sufficient nutrients and water for the growing needs of the crops. However, the water and nutrient volume needed for each crop remains unknown due to various crop phases and the dynamics of nutritional demand. Therefore, this research work presents the optimisation modeling for an Automated Fertilizer Blending System (AFBS) to minimise the operational cost of nutrients, water, and electricity. The proposed optimisation model considers for the AFBS: (i) operational status of irrigation pump and stock tanks; (ii) stocks level for nutrient and water at each stock tank; (iii) inventory level for nutrient solutions in an AFBS tank; and (iv) nutrient and water level of the plants. The mathematical model is developed as mixed-integer linear programming (MILP). The optimisation problem is modeled using GAMS v-38.2.1 and solved by CPLEX 12 with a zero-optimality gap. In conclusion, cost comparison analysis between electricity, fertilizer, and supplied water represents the optimal cost percentage in engaging with nutrient losses minimised by 30%, water runoff, and electricity costs for optimal condition-based fertigation systems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20704 - Energy and fuels
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chemical Engineering Transactions
ISSN
2283-9216
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
94
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
115-120
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139213962