Chapter 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter includes the presentation of the gathered and computed data,
analysis and interpretation of the data during the performance evaluation.

Experimental Results
Aquaponics is an ecological and sustainable system of healthy organic food
production without using soil. Having in mind that we are growing plants
without soil and fish at the same time it is clear that aquaponics combines
many different techniques.

Table 3. Data Gathered During the Actual Performance Evaluation of the

aquaponics system.

Weight of
Weight of Rice Carbonizing
Trial Carbonized Rice
hull Loaded (Kg) Duration (mins)
Hull (Kg)
Manual discharge
Trial 1 20 127 7.8
Trail 2 20 118 8.2
Trial 3 20 119 8.3
Average 20 121.33 8.1

Motor discharge
Trial 1 20 127 7.8
Trail 2 20 118 8.2
Trial 3 20 119 8.3
Average 20 121.33 8.1
Theoretical Discharge Capacity
Table 4 shows the experimental computed data (theoretical) results during the
conduct of the performance evaluation. The data gathered was observed
continuously using the aquaponics system.
Table 4. Theoretical Data Computation/Recorded During the Performance
Evaluation of the aquaponics system

WT. OF Time elapse

Wt. of Rice
Trial Carbonized during
Hull loaded
Replication Rice hull collection
(Kg)
(kg) (min.)
DC Motor discharging
TRIAL 1 20 10.3 2.51
TRIAL 2 20 10.7 2.46
TRIAL 3 20 10.5 2.29
AVERAGE 10.50 2.42
Manual Discharging
TRIAL 1 20 10.5 4.58
TRIAL 2 20 11.2 4.52
TRIAL 3 20 10.9 4.55
AVERAGE 10.87 4.55
Discharge Capacity

The computed discharge capacity of discharge of the aquaponics are shown in

table 5. The discharge capacity is the total aquaponics system that can be
collected in the fish pond to the total time used during collection.
Table 5. Theoretically Computed Discharge Capacity

TRIAL Discharge Capacity Discharge Capacity

REPLICATION (g/min) (kg/hr)

DC motor Discharge
TRIAL 1 4103.59 246.22
TRIAL 2 4262.95 255.78
TRIAL 3 4183.27 251.00
AVERAGE 4183.267 250.996
Manual Discharge
TRIAL 1 2292.58 137.55
TRIAL 2 2477.88 148.67
TRIAL 3 2395.60 143.74
AVERAGE 2388.686 143.321

Statistical Results and Observations

Based on the independent sample t-test analysis, there was a high significant
difference on the discharged capacity of aquaponics as shown in Table 6. This
signifies that aquaponics discharge capacity.
Table 6. Independent Sample T-test Analysis on Discharge Capacity between
motorized and aquaponics discharging
Levene’s Test
for Equality of T-test for Equality of Mean
Variances
t Sig. (2- Mean Std. Error
F Sig. Df
tailed) Difference Difference
Equal
variances .079 .792 25.05 4 .000* 107.8000 4.23489
Discharged assumed
Capacity
(kg/hr) Equal
variances not 25.05 3.910 .000 107.8000 4.23489
assumed
*. Significant at alpha value of 0.05

Figure 22. Manual Discharging Figure 23. Motorized Discharging

It was also observed during the conduct of the study that manual discharge
was more hassle than aquaponics discharge.