Industry: Agriculture / Aquaculture

Aqua Culture Control System

Proper timing, accurate control and automation are needed to revolutionize a centuries old industry. Even more so in Singapore where land is scarce and Covid revealing all the weaknesses of the global supply chain. To achieve food sustainability through automation, our customer looked to us to design a system to automate and overcome the manpower shortage. Located in St John Island, an offshore island about half an hour boat ride from Singapore mainland, getting sufficient manpower to operate the facility 24/7 proved a challenge. Coupled with high labor costs and an ageing workforce, the customer had little choice but to automate their aquaculture water exchange system.

Red Vector worked closely with Scotts Engineering, the water system supplier to the customer. The objective was to provide customizable timing inputs to control the opening and closing of valves for large fish tanks. Regardless of weekends or public holidays, the fish needed constant and consistent water changes. This was previously done manually and required significant manpower intervention. This proved unsustainable for our customer as it was difficult to hire people for such menial and back breaking tasks.

Through consultations and site visits, Red Vector customized a reliable system to automatically control water changes based on aquaculture requirements. Red Vector kept the UX design minimalistic for easy operation. Intuitive controls allows the user to specify opening and closing times for specific valves which can operate 24/7 with no human intervention. Safety feedback controls were implemented to ensure sufficient water in the tanks. Continuous water level measurement and valve status feedback prevented situations such as complete loss of water or overfilling from occurring. 90 Db alarms to alert the customer in such events were also incorporated.