1. Wireless Sensor Networks for Greening Food Processing
IST. ICT Tools for Greening Food Processing Businesses
J. Valverde
GIST Project “ICT tools greening food processing businesses” is a collaborative project co-funded by the CIP Eco-Innovation Program financial instrument, which main objective is to boost European’s environmental and competitive standing by supporting solutions based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in order to protect the environment while creating a larger market for “green” technologies, management methods, product and services.
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Wireless Sensor Network Deployment in Food Factories
Cheese Factory (Macaye, France)
PARTNERS
Meat treatment Factory (Modena, Italy)
AD ANTAGES
UNATTENDED SYSTEM
EASY INSTALLATION. NO CABLES
CONTINOUS MONITORING
CHANGEABLE MEASUREMENT POINTS
CHEAPER SOLUTON
SIMPLER
Environmental Monitoring
Waste Water
Temperature of the water pH
Turbidity
Dissolved Oxygen
Conductivity
Biological Oxygen Demand
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Fat & Oil
Water Volume
Ions
Air Emissions
Humidity
Temperature
Compressed Air
Ammonia
Carbon Dioxide
Water Steam
Micro Sensors
Ion Selective Electrodes (ISE) =
Cookie
Node
Electrochemical Sensors
CONCLUSIONS
An environmental monitoring system based on a Wireless Sensor Network for green production in food factories is being developed. The main goal of this work is to study the feasibility of this kind of systems in terms of reliability and competitiveness in price with traditional monitoring systems.