Controlling and monitoring the temperature of a microbiology refrigerator under the Internet architecture of Things (IoT): a pilot study

  • Aya Parra, Pedro Antonio (PI)
  • Quiroga Torres, Daniel Alejandro (CoI)
  • Sarmiento Rojas, Jefferson Steven (CoI)

Project: Research Project

Project Details

Description

This project tackles the problem related to knowing the importance of looking for new mechanisms to supervise and control the temperature of the refrigerators that the Universidad del Rosario has. This is how we seek to implement a technology tool that provides research groups a system for monitoring temperature, so that it can control alarms and collect information that leads to quick decisions from an intelligent device anywhere in the city. In this sense, the formulation of this project intends to show in a concise way the implementation of a system that allows optimizing solutions in real time, under the paradigm of Internet of Things (IoT), through the construction of a network of wireless sensors to ensure quality and safety in each of the clinical trials conducted in the different laboratories where refrigeration equipment is used (Boyes, Hallaq, Cunningham, & Watson, 2018). The term IoT was first used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. Kevin Ashton, who was the first to argue that the appearance of "things" and the way we interact and live within the physical world around us should evolve, due to advances in computing, the Internet, and the speed with which data was being generated through the use of intelligent devices (Ashton, 2009). In this way, an IoT solution is presented focused on monitoring the different parameters of both the physical interior of a refrigerator, in relation to the operating conditions indicated by the manufacturer with the purpose of identifying how external, internal or lifetime factors that affect the performance of refrigeration equipment (G. Marques and R. Pitarma, 2016). Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator

Keywords

Se implementará de una manera innovadora y tecnológicamente viable un sistema remoto de alertas, que ayudará a suplir los vacíos en las tecnologías con las que cuenta los sistemas de refrigeración (neveras) de un laboratorio. En este sentido, la Escuela de Medicina y Ciencia de la Salud será el primer beneficiado ya que tendrá un panorama más claro, hacia dónde enfocar sus esfuerzos y recursos en la formulación de futuros proyectos de desarrollo tecnológico relacionados en la actualización de la tecnología, que demanda la actual industrialización en materia de laboratorios.

De acuerdo con la información encontrada en su primera fase de exploración para la formulación del presente proyecto, se ha evidenciado que el grado de automatización tecnológica en relación con IoT para equipos de refrigeración en el ambiente de laboratorios es escaso, lo cual constituye una brecha en el campo de tecnología biomédica y una oportunidad interesante para proponer este proyecto. A parir de lo expuesto, se considera que esta es la novedad fundamental de la presente propuesta, y por ende la generación del nuevo conocimiento al servicio de la Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date10/15/1810/14/19

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Main Funding Source

  • Installed Capacity (Academic Unit)

Location

  • Bogotá D.C.

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