Design and experiments of automatic feeding system for indoor industrialization aquaculture

In order to meet the feeding needs of industrialization aquaculture system, an automatic feeding system was designed and developed applying the monorail technique, the slide rail power supply technique, the ultrasonic positioning technique, the wireless communication technique and the computer software technique. The system was composed of a running system, a power supply system, a feeding equipment and a control system. The feeding system with the function of auto detecting and error alarm could be automatic start and stop, weigh feeding amount and record system operation and feeding data automatically. The experiments showed that the feeding system was reliable and accurate for feeding with travelling speed 19 m/min, positioning accuracy was in the range of 58-118 mm, bullet storage capacity was 20 kg, feeding capacity was 3 kg/min and feeding accuracy was in the range of 0.5%-2.2%. The results of this research provide a reference for the automatic feeding system design and the related follow-up research.