A Case Study on Applying MQTT Communication to Improve Cold Storage Safety and Quality Management

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 33 - 45, 30.04.2024

Hüseyin Karaoğlu , Tarık Kabak , İsmail Kırbaş

https://doi.org/10.56150/tjhsl.1435590

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of the MQTT protocol for monitoring cooling systems and discusses the advantages of this approach. Cooling systems play a critical role in many areas such as the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and their proper functioning is vital for product quality and safety. However, monitoring and managing these systems often presents major challenges. Traditionally, the monitoring of these systems has been carried out by dedicated on-site staff or personnel, which can be risky, time-consuming and costly.
The MQTT protocol is a fast and efficient communication protocol designed for data communication between IoT devices. In this study, how the MQTT protocol can be used for monitoring cooling systems and the advantages of this protocol are examined in detail. The use of MQTT can facilitate remote monitoring of cooling systems and thus significantly reduce response and reaction times. Thanks to a web application developed to store and display the data received through the MQTT protocol, it becomes easier to remotely monitor the storage room temperature values and intervene when necessary. End users can instantly view storage room temperatures via phone, tablet or computer and make intervention decisions when necessary.

Keywords

Cold chain, Internet of Things, MQTT, web application

Supporting Institution

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research Projects Commission

Project Number

0826-MP-22 and 0886-YL-23

Thanks

We would like to thank director of the Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Dairy Products and Technologies Application and Research Center Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlhan GÜN, and vice director of the center and production manager of the Dairy Factory Lect. Aslı ALBAYRAK KARAOĞLU, for the opportunities they provided us during this study.

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