Control methodologies based on geothermal recirculating aquaculture system

Hanaa M. Farghally, Doaa M. Atia, Hanaa T. El-madany and Faten H. Fahmy

Energy, 2014, vol. 78, issue C, 826-833

Abstract: One of the most common uses of geothermal heat is in RAS (recirculation aquaculture systems) where the water temperature is accurately controlled for optimum growing conditions for sustainable and intensive rearing of marine and freshwater fish. This paper presents a design for RAS rearing tank and plate type heat exchanger to be used with geothermal energy as a source of heating water. A well at Umm Huweitat on the Red Sea is used as a source of geothermal energy. The heat losses from the RAS tank are calculated using Geo Heat Center Software. Then a plate type heat exchanger is designed using the epsilon–NTU (number of transfer units) analysis method. For optimal growth and abundance of production, a different techniques of control system are applied to control the water temperature. The total system is built in MATLAB/SIMULINK to study the overall performance of control unit. Finally, a comparison between PI, Fuzzy-PID, and Fuzzy Logic Control has been done.

Keywords: Geothermal energy; RAS; Fuzzy logic control; Fuzzy-PID control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.10.077

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