'innoriego' or when technology offers automated irrigation, via mobile phone
December 4, 2009
"After conducting a market survey, we see a need for social and environmental, with respect to such products." First of all required products increasingly more intelligent, capable of controlling more parameters, remote controlled and that consume as little as possible. "Secondly, there is a clear need for good governance of the water, products sustainable and not harmful to the environment and that they work with renewable energies". Thus arose the project 'innoriego', the first national prize in the contest entrepreneur University, organized by the school of business of the Ministry of industry, tourism and trade EOI. in renewable energy. In the words of the President of Microingenia and student of the PUST, Jaime Fernández-Caro, this system was created to "establish a new strategic unit within the company".
Irrigation automata controlled by mobile phone
In short, Fernández-Caro recounts the process of design of the prototype of the 'Innoriego': "We created a strategic business unit social, environmental and economically profitable for the design, manufacture and marketing of automata for irrigation using the energy of the flow of water to operate". "Will be installed small hydro for fuel - continues - electronic systems that control the hydraulic installation." "In addition, the entire system will be monitored through a mobile phone operating system Google Android".
With regard to the implementation of the 'Innoriego' in farms and agricultural crops, Fernández-Caro ensures that tries to solve problems and current issues. Still, he insists that he is not a single solution, but the possibility of treating each installation of irrigation with a custom system. That is, 'tailor-made'. "With regard to the installation, we use wireless control systems with which it is not necessary to wire long tracts of land: the system will not seize up to a break in the cable and the investment in the installation will be less", he argues. The President of Microingenia also refers to the energy factor: "to use the own flow of water to generate electricity, we independizamos of the grid." "We do not employ disposable batteries and propose an alternative to solar for such facilities."
With regard to the management of the system 'innoriego', this is controlled from a mobile phone, which will give the user freedom to manage your installation from anywhere. However, according to Fernández-Caro, there are other reasons to install this technology: "It is estimated a cost savings of 30% compared to a conventional installation." "This is due to the costs of installation, maintenance, energy consumption and water, as is implemented networks of sensors which will provide information to detect leaks, as well as the different environmental variables and which shall indicate, where necessary or not irrigate".
A project on road to commercialization
Student of the PUST to founder of Microingenia
Microingenia and its next challenges for 2010
"In Microingenia we believe in innovation as the force of progress who need an SME to live in the market, so from time to time we have meetings to generate ideas"., qualifies the President of the company. Under this philosophy, and with the arrival of the year 2010, the Microingenia company proposes a number of objectives. "The next challenge is to obtain the necessary funding to develop a commercial prototype of the 'Innoriego', consolidate our day by day through the development of products with Microingenia engineering and the sale of new products of Microingenia Electronics and Innovivienda"", and continue to invest in r & d to generate knowledge and then transform it into innovations".
In addition to the project 'innoriego', the Microingenia company has three divisions: Microingenia engineering, such as consulting and electronic engineering for businesses, universities, technology centres and centres of research, Microingenia Electronics, which includes design, manufacture and marketing of electronic modules of development for universities and training centres andFinally, Innovivienda which includes the creation, production and marketing of digital meters of water and electricity for homes and buildings.