Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems

Water quality management in aquaculture is vital, as aquatic life is highly sensitive to changes in parameters such as inorganic nitrogen, pH, temperature, presence of gas, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. The water quality must therefore be consistently monitored and controlled for the aquatic life...

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Main Authors: Amijar, M I S M, Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda, Khairudin, Nurulhuda, Abd Aziz, Samsuzana
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/1/115338.pdf
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author Amijar, M I S M
Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda
Khairudin, Nurulhuda
Abd Aziz, Samsuzana
author_facet Amijar, M I S M
Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda
Khairudin, Nurulhuda
Abd Aziz, Samsuzana
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description Water quality management in aquaculture is vital, as aquatic life is highly sensitive to changes in parameters such as inorganic nitrogen, pH, temperature, presence of gas, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. The water quality must therefore be consistently monitored and controlled for the aquatic life to maintain optimum health, productivity, and quality. Currently, the problem arises when water quality analyses are time-consuming and could not be done rapidly. Thus, this project focused on designing a low-cost portable wireless spectrophotometer system for rapid water quality measurements. The hardware components used in the system consist of a C12880MA mini spectrometer chip, a Bluetooth module, and an Arduino Nano microcontroller. The microcontroller was programmed using the Arduino IDE environment and run by an Open-Source Miniature Spectrophotometer (OSMS) application. In this study, a portable wireless spectrophotometer that can measure water quality parameters such as turbidity is demonstrated. Water samples from the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) were used to measure the water turbidity. The main objective of the study is to verify the applicability of the portable spectrophotometer for rapid and reliable water quality monitoring. Results showed that the spectrophotometer measurements had R2 of 0.94 when regressed on the turbidity of the RAS water samples. This showed that the customised portable spectrophotometer could be instrumental for a low-cost and rapid water quality monitoring in RAS.
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spelling upm-1153382025-03-03T07:18:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/ Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems Amijar, M I S M Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda Khairudin, Nurulhuda Abd Aziz, Samsuzana Water quality management in aquaculture is vital, as aquatic life is highly sensitive to changes in parameters such as inorganic nitrogen, pH, temperature, presence of gas, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. The water quality must therefore be consistently monitored and controlled for the aquatic life to maintain optimum health, productivity, and quality. Currently, the problem arises when water quality analyses are time-consuming and could not be done rapidly. Thus, this project focused on designing a low-cost portable wireless spectrophotometer system for rapid water quality measurements. The hardware components used in the system consist of a C12880MA mini spectrometer chip, a Bluetooth module, and an Arduino Nano microcontroller. The microcontroller was programmed using the Arduino IDE environment and run by an Open-Source Miniature Spectrophotometer (OSMS) application. In this study, a portable wireless spectrophotometer that can measure water quality parameters such as turbidity is demonstrated. Water samples from the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) were used to measure the water turbidity. The main objective of the study is to verify the applicability of the portable spectrophotometer for rapid and reliable water quality monitoring. Results showed that the spectrophotometer measurements had R2 of 0.94 when regressed on the turbidity of the RAS water samples. This showed that the customised portable spectrophotometer could be instrumental for a low-cost and rapid water quality monitoring in RAS. Institute of Physics 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/1/115338.pdf Amijar, M I S M and Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda and Khairudin, Nurulhuda and Abd Aziz, Samsuzana (2024) Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1359 (1). art. no. 012028. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1755-1307; eISSN: 1755-1315 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1359/1/012028/meta 10.1088/1755-1315/1359/1/012028
spellingShingle Amijar, M I S M
Mohamed Ramli, Norulhuda
Khairudin, Nurulhuda
Abd Aziz, Samsuzana
Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title_full Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title_fullStr Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title_full_unstemmed Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title_short Portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
title_sort portable spectrophotometer for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115338/1/115338.pdf