Design and Implementation of a Smart Environmental Monitoring and Control System Applied to a Broiler House Prototype
Narjice ELGHARDOUF, Fathallah RERHRHAYE, Jihane CHTIOUI, Ahmed EL AKKARY, Nacer SEFIANI
Abstract. This paper presents the design and testing of an automatically controlled environmental system developed in a prototype chicken house. The system combines a sensor and actuator network constantly monitoring and controlling the values of critical environmental parameters, such as temperature, relative humidity, lighting, and the concentrations of CO₂ and NH₃ gases, air speed, and differential pressure. Evaluating the system revealed its effectiveness in controlling the tested parameters at the optimal levels. The climatic parameters showed an average temperature of about 25 °C, relative humidity of 55% to 70%, CO₂ concentration of 578 to 891 ppm, and an NH₃ concentration of 3.3 to 6.45 ppm. The values are well below the maximum recommended threshold of 3000 ppm and the threshold of 20 ppm, respectively. In addition to the creation of a favorable atmosphere for the poultry, energy efficiency was optimized. Analysis indicated that the energy consumption pattern for the ventilation mechanism contributed about 532W or 43%, heating energy consumption contributed about 213W or 17%, while the pad cooling system contributed an energy consumption of 153W or 12%. These results verify the efficiency and role of the suggested system for an automatic controlling approach to optimize sustainable and energy-efficient rearing practices for broilers.
Keywords
Broiler Farming, Environmental Control, Real-Time Monitoring, Energy Efficiency, SCADA System
Published online 4/25/2026, 8 pages
Copyright © 2026 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Narjice ELGHARDOUF, Fathallah RERHRHAYE, Jihane CHTIOUI, Ahmed EL AKKARY, Nacer SEFIANI, Design and Implementation of a Smart Environmental Monitoring and Control System Applied to a Broiler House Prototype, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 64, pp 1019-1026, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904091-126
The article was published as article 126 of the book Energy Futures
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