Disruptive IoT solution for optimising the animal feed supply chain
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FEFTS Specifications
Research project
for Clean energy supply (Energy production system)
Renewable energy source
Solar
Technology used
Photovoltaics
Special type
PV on tools and vehicles
Energy produced
Electricity
Suitable/ideal for
AC
Agricultural domain
Livestock
Suitable for
Farmer, Contractor
Applications
Tools
Especially
volumetric sensor measuring the silos' feedstock levels
Type of solution
Software, Hardware
Details
Project`s acronym: INSYLO
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: H2020
Project coordinator: INSYLO TECHNOLOGIES SLU
Coordinator location: Spain
Coordinator email / Contact form: https://www.insylo.com/en/extra/
Project status: Finished
Total budget: 1435876.25
Additional info
Each feed supplier is the provider for several silos from several farms (the top 50 EU feed suppliers manage on average 7,500 silos each). They receive daily hundreds of refilling orders whose logistics have to be optimized in a short time. However, the lack of reliable and cost-effective solutions to remotely monitor the silo’s feed stock hinders the optimization: most farmers assess it manually, provoking (i) inaccurate measures (trucks over or under loaded) and (ii) uncertainty on the demand (feed suppliers cannot organize production cycles or the raw materials purchase based on a cost-effectiveness criteria). As a result, there is yearly losses of 500€ per silo (equivalent to 400M€ in the EU28).
Insylo designed and developed proprietary technology to measure feed level and send the data back to our servers. The device sits firmly on top of the silos, half of it inside the silo, half outside. The outside part has a gps and a transmitter; the inside part has a 3D volumetric camera. The device transmits to the Insylo's database the (I) temperature value, (II) the depth value, and (III) the humidity value of the inside of the silo. Advantages:
- We obtain an accurate measure of the silos' feedstock levels at a very low cost (6.5 cheaper than competitors).
- Our IoT device can be installed in only 5 minutes and it is fully independent of the farm’s resources (off-grid, solar energy, own Internet connectivity).
- It is connected to our smart platform on the cloud, which leverages the power of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to collect data from hundreds of thousands of silos, optimising the whole feed supply chain.
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Assessment
This section contains a brief assessment of the FEFTS described.
There are 3 basic categories: General, Environmental and Socioeconomic assessment.
The purpose of this assessment is to give a quick overview to the potential FEFTS user of its application benefits.
For each question, the Likert scale is used with the following possible answers:
Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree (Neutral)/non applicable, Agree, Strongly agree
General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tools and equipment electricity consumption
- Feed reduction
- Tools and equipment fuel consumption; reducing CO2 emissions from transport up to 25%
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
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