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A Presentation On Fully Automated Irrigation System

This presentation discusses the components and benefits of a fully automated irrigation system. It describes how soil moisture sensors, a computer-based control unit, solenoid valves, and a relay circuit work together to operate the irrigation process with minimal manual intervention. Key advantages include eliminating manual operation, optimizing irrigation frequencies and processes, adopting advanced crop systems, increasing water and fertilizer efficiency, and minimizing water loss.

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A Presentation On Fully Automated Irrigation System

This presentation discusses the components and benefits of a fully automated irrigation system. It describes how soil moisture sensors, a computer-based control unit, solenoid valves, and a relay circuit work together to operate the irrigation process with minimal manual intervention. Key advantages include eliminating manual operation, optimizing irrigation frequencies and processes, adopting advanced crop systems, increasing water and fertilizer efficiency, and minimizing water loss.

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A PRESENTATION ON

FULLY AUTOMATED
IRRIGATION SYSTEM

introduction
An automated irrigation system refers to the
operation of the system with no or just a
minimum of manual intervention beside the
surveillance.
Almost every system (drip, sprinkler, surface) can
be automated with help of timers, sensors or
computers or mechanical appliances. It makes
the irrigation process more efficient and workers
can concentrate on other important farming
tasks.

Automation layout
A typical automated drip irrigation system
with its parts is shown below

Soil moisture sensors


Often, more than one sensor should be placed
at a given location at varying depths
This is referred to as a sensing location and it
can give a better representation of the plants
water uptake

Control unit
It is computer-based control system consists
of a combination of hardware and software
that acts as a supervisor with the purpose of
managing irrigation and other related
practices such as fertigation and maintenance.
Generally, the computer-based control
systems used to manage irrigation systems
(e.g. drip irrigation systems) can be divided
into interactive systems and fully automatic
systems

Control unit

Solenoid control valve


It is an on-off control valve that either opens
or closes upon receiving an electrical signal to
the solenoid pilot control.

Relay circuit

What are the Advantages of this


system?
Automation eliminates the manual operation
of opening or closing valves
Possibility to change frequency of irrigation
and fertigation processes and to optimise
these processes
Adoption of advanced crop systems and new
technologies, especially new crop systems that
are complex and difficult to operate manually

Cont.
Use of water from different sources and
increased efficiency in water and fertiliser use
System can be operated at night, water loss
from evaporation is thus minimised
Irrigation process starts and stops exactly
when required, thus optimising energy
requirements

disadvantages
The systems can be very expensive
Self-help compatibility is very low with bigscale systems, which are very complex
Most automated irrigation systems need
electricity

The End

Gracias!

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