COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED POULTRY AND FISH FARMING

Abstract

Today one of the priority branches of the country's economy is a cattle breeding. However, at the same time, this department continues its development and requires modern solutions in many areas, including automation of production. It is known that modern agrocomplexes that are saturated with highly effective control systems are more energy efficient, productive, and therefore more competitive. The article explores such a direction as poultry farming, namely the breeding of ducks in combination with fish farming, known as integrated farming. The parameters of functioning, needs and requirements to control systems that should ensure the operation of such complexes are analyzed. A computerized control system for a combined fish and duck farm is being designed. The importance of ecological growing of poultry is underlined. Together with fish, mostly ducks are grown, less often geese. Combined fish and duck farm makes it possible to more fully use the forage resources of water bodies by obtaining two types of products - fish and poultry, as well as to obtain more food products from a unit area at a relatively low cost. For the automation of production processes in the keeping of poultry and fish, a certain set of equipment is used to ensure normal living conditions of animals. The optimal control of the integrated fish and duck farm must be carried out in order to minimize the costs of management and energy resources, and to ensure optimal conditions for the cultivation of fish and waterfowl. To use the methods of the theory of optimal control, a model of an object in a state space is proposed. On the basis of the analysis, operational parameters were identified, which the control system must monitor to ensure efficient operation of the complex. A structure of the computerized control system for combined farming was developed. It is noted that the ecological breeding of bird with the possibility of walking has significant advantages, which consist in the quality of the meat of poultry and feathers. In addition, retention in cages is unnatural and harmful to birds, and especially for waterfowl.