DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POWER SUBSYSTEM AND CASING OF WILDFIRE POTENTIAL MONITORING SYSTEM ON PEATLANDS

• Main Author: Muliawan, Josua
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/51170
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia is the biggest palm oil exporter in the world, with production per year exceeding 51,8 million tonnes it is expected that Indonesia has a lot areas dedicated for palm oil plantation. Peatland is commonly used for growing oil palm, but peatlands poses its own risk. If there is not enough water in peat, it may easily burn, which usually lead to wildfire. This disaster can be avoided if preparation is made by measuring water level in peatlands at regular interval to determine which location is at risk of wildfire. Thus, Indonesia government issued regulation that ordered water level measuring at regular interval for every peatland that is used for palm oil plantation. An automatic and self-reliant system is needed to answer this regulatios, which started the idea for PeatBuddy. PeatBuddy is a product that is able to measure water level in a location at regular interval, PeatBuddy also operate automatically and need minimum maintenance. Because PeatBuddy will be installed in isolated place, a self powering subsystem is needed. PeatBuddy is equiped with solar panel paired with Lithium Ion batteries, so that it can harness the energy from sun to provide power for whole system. Power management on the subsystem is handled by charge controller module to regulate between charging and using batteries. The final result from this subsystem is able to produce at least 1,356Wh of energy, enough to provide system’s energy requirement power the whole system (0,302Wh), whether it is day or night. Also, power storage in this subsystem is able to provide enough energy to last for 1 month.