Abstract:

India is an agricultural country. Tons of new technologies are emerging in the field of agriculture to raise its productivity. A solar based irrigation system and itsfeasibility in growth enhancement of plants is discussed. The burden of the farmer gets reduced by providing an automated irrigation scheme. The time of water consumption and the effort taken by the farmer gets reduced. A photovoltaic system with a storage battery, back up for two days, is used to provide the electric power for the control and monitoring operations. The devices used for controlling and monitoring operations are controller, solenoid valve, timer circuit, water level detector, moisture level sensor and other electronic devices. Drip irrigation is used here because of its advantages over the conventional methods of irrigation. Using drip irrigation, the wastage of water is very less and also all the plants coming under the area of drip irrigation will get the correct and required amount of water very effectively. It is proved that red and blue lights from sun are responsible for the growth of plants. An artificial lighting system (red and blue lights) using LED strips is provided for the plants during night and this is will increase the photosynthesis of the plants during the night time. It has also been proved that the rate of growth of plants becomes faster by giving electricity to the stems of the plants. A DC supply of 4V and 5V having 5ľA current is provided for a duration of 5 minutes. Polarity of supply also affects the growth of plants.


KEYWORDS: Smart Drip Irrigation, Artificial Light Survey, Electricity Plants, Solar PV system;