Design and Programming of an Integrated Automation of Lift Irrigation Pumping Station

Suveg V Iyer*, Sree Rajendra**, M.S.Srinath***
* PG Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
** Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
*** Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
Periodicity:May - July'2016
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jic.4.3.7064

Abstract

Lift irrigation method is a method followed in water scarce areas, where the underground water source is tapped for irrigation of agricultural fields. This process is automated to achieve a greater control over the parameters of importance and by that way increasing the efficiency of the entire process. In the integrated approach of automation, the whole system is considered and the individual modules used have a dependency over the other. Thus integrated method requires maintenance of all the modules in high efficiency to effectively gain the advantages of the method. The expected result of this approach is a central and local control system for the process and to develop a controller program which is more user-oriented. The comparative results of the existing process with the developed approach show a great variation in the ease of troubleshooting the process and also the monetary difference in maintaining the system. Analysing the results, about 20% difference in maintenance time is found out considering for a month.

Keywords

Integrated Automation, Control System, Lift Irrigation, Pumping Station, Pump Sequencing.

How to Cite this Article?

Iyer, S.V., Rajendra, S., and Srinath, M.S. (2016). Design and Programming of an Integrated Automation of Lift Irrigation Pumping Station. i-manager’s Journal on Instrumentation and Control Engineering, 4(3), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.26634/jic.4.3.7064

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