AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM

A.P. BOWLEKAR¹*, S.T. PATIL², U.S. KADAM³, M.S. MANE⁴, S.B. NANDGUDE⁵, N.K. PALTE^6
1College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
²College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
³College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
⁴College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
⁵College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
⁶College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : stpatil003@rediffmail.com

Received : 25-02-2019     Accepted : 12-03-2019     Published : 15-03-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 5       Pages : 7953 - 7958
Int J Agr Sci 11.5 (2019):7953-7958

Keywords : Automatic, Irrigation, Valve, Sensor
Academic Editor : Pankaj Nagar, Avinash Sharma, Rajbabbar Jatav
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Automatic irrigation system is one of the prudent technologies for more efficient and precise utilization of water resources and applies irrigation water as and when required by the crop. The major components of the system such as control valves, flow transducers and fertilizer pumps can be easily automated. The conventional manual valve is to be replaced by either solenoid valve or hydraulic valve. The various types of existing automatic irrigation systems are time-based system, volume-based system, open loop system, closed loop system and real time feedback system. Therefore, there is a need to develop a real time-based sensor technology with focus on reducing its cost to irrigate the fields with micro-irrigation without compromising the actual water requirement of the crop. This paper reviews the various types of the automatic irrigation systems and focuses on methodology for development of real time sensor based automatic irrigation system.

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