Flow Measurement for Prawn Farm

AVFM 6.1 provides flow measurement for Prawn Farming Project.

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL is an agro-industrial and food business in Bangkok, Thailand. It operates integrated businesses from feed manufacturing, animal farming, and food processing, exporting products to more than 40 countries worldwide.

Strong breed, quality feed, and good farm management are critical factors for the sustainable success of their farming business. Part of their aquaculture farming process is to control the environment and ensure the proper growth of their shrimp, preventing disease outbreaks, and producing clean, healthy, disease-free shrimp throughout the year.

The maximize its water usage, the company has applied ultrafiltration technology to the water conditioning processes. This process can filter microscopic germs that are hazardous to aquatic animals before clean water is released into the system, and biotechnology to treat used water and recirculate it, instead of using more water from the nearby local water source.

As a result of needing to maximize water usage and efficiency, the business wanted to measure the velocity of the surface water during times when their water wheels were operating and wanted to know the level of water so they could calculate the volumetric value of water in their prawn farm. The end user chose a AVFM 6.1 Area Velocity Flow Meter, the principle of the flow meter was suitable for what the end-user was looking for, it followed their expectations and was able to transmit flow readings to an existing online monitoring system.

After the installation was complete, the customer instantly received accurate readings, and after a trial period, Chareon Pokphand Foods plans to install another system in their second plant, to ensure their process is operating as efficiently as possible.