Course12610501960 lectures
Micro Irrigation Engineering
Prof. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari · IIT Kharagpur
About
Water scarcity and inefficient water resource management technologies are the main challenges in developing countries like India. India has only 4% of the World's freshwater resources, out of which 85 % of water is used for agriculture. Irrigation is the backbone of agriculture, and the efficient utilisation of irrigation water is possible only by the adoption of highly efficient irrigation methods, such as micro irrigation. Micro-irrigation provides water to plant(s) in precise amount, at right time and at appropriate place. In this course contains the basic fundamentals of fluid mechanics, flow through pump, filters, pipes and water dispensing from fine small orifices. The course also covers design, installation, operation, automation and evaluation of micro-irrigation system. This course will be useful to the Graduate, Post Graduate and Ph. D students of Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Agricultural Science. This course will also be useful to Micro-Irrigation Industry professionals and field practising Engineers.
Intended audience: Students and Faculty of Agricultural Universities,IIT, NIT, Micro irrigation Industry professionals,Researchers working in the area of Precision Agriculture and Entrepreneurs
Prerequisites: B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering/Civil Engineering, M.Sc in Horticulture/Soil Science/Agronomy.
Lectures
Week 1
- Lecture 01 : Micro-Irrigation: Introduction and Scope
- Lecture 02 : Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics and its Application in Micro Irrigation
- Lecture 03 : Soil Water Concept
- Lecture 04 : Soil Water Constants and Infiltration
- Lecture 05 : Tutorial 1-Numerical Examples on Fluid Mechanics and Soil water
Week 2
- Lecture 06 : Evapotranspiration
- Lecture 07 : Determination of Evapotranspiration
- Lecture 08 : Crop Coefficients and Crop Water Requirement
- Lecture 09 : Demonstration of Agro -Meteorological Instruments
- Lecture 10 : Demonstration of Lysimeter
- Lecture 11 : Tutorial 2 - Numerical Examples on Crop Water Requirement
Week 3
- Lecture 12 : Irrigation Scheduling
- Lecture 13 : Soil and Plant Water Monitoring Instruments
- Lecture 14 : Measurement of Irrigation Water
- Lecture 15 : Irrigation Efficiency
- Lecture 16 : Tutorial 3 - Numerical Examples on Irrigation Water Management
Week 4
- Lecture 17 : Introduction of Water Lifts and Pumps
- Lecture 18 : Variable displacement pumps
- Lecture 19 : Irrigation Water Quality
- Lecture 20 : Tutorial class 4 - Numerical Examples on Water Measurements and Pumps
- Lecture 21 : Irrigation methods
Week 5
- Lecture 22 : Micro Irrigation System: Concept and types
- Lecture 23 : Drip Irrigation: Introduction and Types
- Lecture 24 : Drip Irrigation: Design Considerations & System Layout
- Lecture 25 : Types and Selection of Emission Devices
- Lecture 26 : Hydraulics Drip Irrigation System Pipe Network
Week 6
- Lecture 27 : Tutorial 5 - Numerical Example on Design of Drip Irrigation System
- Lecture 28 : Fertigation
- Lecture 29 : Fertigation Application Methods
- Lecture 30 : Drip Irrigation: Filtration System
- Lecture 31 : Tutorial 6 - Numerical Examples on Emission Devices and Fertigation
Week 7
- Lecture 32 : Installation and Operation of Drip Irrigation System
- Lecture 33 : Maintenance of Drip Irrigation System
- Lecture 34 : Demonstration of Drip Irrigation Components and Evaluation of Drip Emitter
- Lecture 35 : Soil Water Movement under Drip Emitter
- Lecture 36 : Design and Development of Drip Emitter
Week 8
- Lecture 37 : Tutorial 7- Numerical Examples on Drip Irrigation System
- Lecture 38 : Micro Sprinkler Irrigation System
- Lecture 39 : Bubbler Irrigation System
- Lecture 40 : Sprinkler Irrigation System
- Lecture 41 : Sprinkler Irrigation System Design
Week 9
- Lecture 42 : Performance Evaluation of Sprinkler Irrigation System
- Lecture 43 : Tutorial 8 - Numerical Examples on Sprinkler Irrigation System
- Lecture 44 : Tutorial 9 - Numerical Examples on Design of Sprinkler Irrigation System
- Lecture 45 : Sprinkler Irrigation System: Layout, Installation, Operation and Maintenance
Week 10
- Lecture 46 : Standards and Quality Assurance of MIS Components
- Lecture 47 : Standards and Quality Assurance of Sprinkler Irrigation System Components
- Lecture 48 : Solar Photovoltaic System for Irrigation (Part 1)
- Lecture 49 : Solar Photovoltaic System for Irrigation (Part 2)
- Lecture 50 : Tutorial 10 - Numerical Examples on Solar PV Irrigation System
Week 11
- Lecture 51 : Automation of Micro Irrigation System (Part 1)
- Lecture 52 : Automation of Micro Irrigation System (Part 2)
- Lecture 53 : Automation of Micro Irrigation System (Part 3)
- Lecture 54 : Automation of Micro Irrigation System (Part 4)
- Lecture 55 : Economic Analysis of Micro Irrigation System (Part 1)
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Kharagpur
- Department
- Agriculture
- Teacher
- Prof. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Biology
- Source
- NPTEL
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