March 17, 2025
Mohali

C-DAC, Mohali has been awarded a Utility Patent for an invention titled "Hybrid Intelligent Controller for Integrated Hydroponics and Polyhouse Applications"

Patentee:Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali

Inventors: Dr. Mandeep Singh, Dr. Jaspal Singh and Dr. Balwinder Singh

Patent No: 561740

Date of Registration:07-08-2023

Hydroponics system is a technique of growing plants using water based nutrient solution, instead of soil. Hydroponics system utilizes minimal space, 90% less water in contrast to traditional agriculture practices, less labor, and also helps to eradicate soil related issues during cultivation.

However, hydroponics system requires a proper infrastructure to achieve better results, further, a balance of macronutrients, micronutrients and other environmental parameters such as temperature, salt concentration, pH, alkalinity, is very crucial, thus an ideal hydroponics system must fulfill all these conditions adequately.

In view of the requirement of integrated hydroponics and polyhouse system, working in both manual and automatic modes, having variety of sensors integrated in single system to maintain all the required parameters and which is capable of working at lower temperatures, the inventors of present invention thus came up with disclosure of a closed loop control single unit integrated hybrid controller with graphical interface and programmability, controlling and monitoring various parameters within hydroponics system and poly house system, further the same is equipped with multiple environment and nutrients control sensors for controlling and maintaining proper environment and nutrients within the hydroponics and polyhouse system.

The system has 8 claims. The learned examiner has duly accepted the novelty and industrial application in all claims of the present application.