Portable Solar Powered Irrigation System

Mahendran, Thinagaran (2018) Portable Solar Powered Irrigation System. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

It is known that irrigation is one of the important process in agriculture. Solar power can be a solution to the decreasing availability of energy resources. The aim of this project is to develop an entirely solar powered irrigation system which is sub-irrigation system capable of performing irrigation or watering task automatically and is powered by solar photovoltaic panels (PV). A moisture sensor in the soil is used for irrigation in order to operate a DC motor powered by PV system and rechargeable battery. Arduino Uno was also applied to the project as a controller and it will control the soil moisture sensor, solenoid valve and humidity and temperature sensor to ensure the plant not have growth problems due to overwatering. In this system, the soil moisture sensor in the soil to detect the moisture content of the soil and based on these values, the motor and the solenoid valve is operated accordingly. It is the proposed solution for the energy crisis for the gardener or farmers. Then, this system conservers electricity by reducing the usage of grid power and easy to environment friendly for the irrigation. As expected that this automated solar irrigation system is will perform with the result obtained is analysed.

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