Implementation of a Fuzzy Logic Controller for the Irrigation of Rose Cultivation in Mexico

Romeo Urbieta Parrazales, María T. Zagaceta Álvarez, Karen A. Aguilar Cruz, Rosaura Palma Orozco and José L. Fernández Muñoz
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Romeo Urbieta Parrazales: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIC, Av. Juan de Dios Bátiz, Esq. Miguel Othón de Mendizábal, Col. Nueva Industrial Vallejo, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07738 Ciudad de México, Mexico
María T. Zagaceta Álvarez: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-ESIME Azcapotzalco, Av. de las Granjas 682, Col. Santa Catarina, Alcaldía de Azcapotzalco, C.P. 02250 Ciudad de México, Mexico
Karen A. Aguilar Cruz: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIC, Av. Juan de Dios Bátiz, Esq. Miguel Othón de Mendizábal, Col. Nueva Industrial Vallejo, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07738 Ciudad de México, Mexico
Rosaura Palma Orozco: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-ESCOM, Av. Juan de Dios Bátiz s/n, Esq. Av. Miguel Othón de Mendizábal. Col. Lindavista, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07738 Ciudad de México, Mexico
José L. Fernández Muñoz: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CICATA Legaria, Calzada Legaria No. 140, Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11280 Ciudad de México, Mexico

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: The design and implementation of a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) are presented, offering a solution to improve the irrigation of rose crops. The objective is to reduce the water consumption and operative costs, taking advantage of intelligent controllers and environmental characteristics in a specific region. Considering that the main controllable variables that affect the growth of plants are relative humidity (RH) and temperature (T), in this study, these variables are used to create a system whose aim is to provide an adequate amount of water for a rose crop in the State of Mexico. The Mamdani method was used for the FLC design and the membership functions, while the area centroid was considered as the defuzzification strategy. After implementing the FLC proposal using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) in a domestic greenhouse, integrated by an array of [5 × 3] rose plants under natural restrictions, a reduction of 0.2 L per week with respect to the traditional manual irrigation system was found. The proposed design highlights the technological advantages of using a fuzzy logic-controlled irrigation system over traditional methods.

Keywords: fuzzy logic controller; fuzzy logic; irrigation process; rose cultivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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