Drip Irrigation Automation
G. Thiyagarajan*
Water Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (641 003), India
V. Sivakumar
Coconut Research Station, Aliyarnagar, Tamil Nadu (642 101), India
M. Manikandan
Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu (621 712), India
M. Nagarajan
Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu (621 712), India
A. Selvaperumal
Dept. of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, AEC&RI, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (641 003), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Automation, Drip irrigation, Fertigation, Sensors
Abstract
In conventional irrigation system, large quantity of irrigation water is being wasted, leading to a high cost of electricity to run the pump set for irrigation. Automation can help save water, electricity as well as human efforts. This can be achieved with the help of a soil-moisture sensors and microcontroller. The adoption of automated drip irrigation makes possible to grow advanced high value cropping system with new technologies which are difficult to grow by conventional means. Using automation one can control the irrigation valves, pump and fertigation equipment.
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Nagarajan, K., G. Thiyagarajan, Balaji Kannan, 2019. Automation of drip fertigation system. In: Protected Cultivation and Precision Farming Technologies, Balaji Kannan, M. Rajasekar, K. Jayalakshmi, G. Thiyagarajan, S. Selvakumar and V. Rajendran (Eds), TNAU, Coimbatore, pp. 57-63.