UNAIR NEWS – The high mortality rate of shrimp certainly troubles the farmers, because it will incur a big loss.One of the causes is the increasing level of H2S. especially during the rainy season, the level of H2S can rise considerably due to water turbulence.
“Because when it rains, organic ingredients that are in the bottom waters will oxidize and form excessive H2S,” said Angga Bagus Prasetyo, student, team leader of Invention Student Creativity Program (PKM-KC).
To overcome this problem, the team of PKM-KC UNAIR membered by Ainur Dwiky Setyawan and Gita Istiqfarrani, under the guidance of Franky Chandra Satria Arisgraha, ST., MT., lecturer at UNAIR made innovation in the form of H2Slevel detectiondevice named “i-Turbul”.This tool can detect H2Slevelin intensive shrimp pond and provide information when the level is on the boundary.
“When the H2S level is on the boundary, ie 1 ppm, then i-Turbul will immediately send information to the farmer via SMS (real time).So farmers can immediately providetreatmentfor H2Slevel and turn itback to normal, “said Angga, Head of this PKM-KC team.
i-Turbul is a modern innovation that is easy, cheap, and aesthetic.The design is tailored to the environment.This tool will be equipped with a boat to make it more aesthetic.
“We hope, i-Turbul can minimize losses of shrimp farmers due to mass mortality.So, i-Turbul has the potential to support economic development in Indonesia, “added Gita Istiqfarrani, another team member.
The i-Turbul makes its creators, PKM-KC team passed the selection and obtained grant from Kemenristekdikti in PKM program of fiscal year 2018. (*)
Editor: Bambang Bes
