Smart Notification System for Detecting Fan Failure in Evaporative Cooling System of a Poultry Farm

Majority of small livestock farms such as poultry farms use evaporative cooling system to control temperature and air flow i nside t heir h ouses. H ence, t he o peration o f the evaporative cooling system is very crucial factor to the animal welfare. In Chiang Mai area, the malfunctions of evaporator system usually occurs in the cooling fans due to power outages. The current notification s ystem i s a n a larm s ystem w hich was installed in the farm area and has several limitations. We have developed a smart notification system to monitor fan operations in the evaporative cooling system of a local poultry farm. We applied infrared sensors which are suitable for practical usage for detecting fan malfunctions. After that, the data is sent to a computer to be processed and then notify a user in three ways: a phone call, a short message service, and a LINE application. We installed and tested our system at a poultry farm in the Mae Faek community for forty five consecutive days and during these time the system work as intended.