DRIP IRRIGATION AUTOMATION WITH A WATER LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM IN A GREENHOUSE

M. Yıldırım

M. Yıldırım*

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Universty, Agricultural Faculty, Irriagation and Farm Structure Department, Canakkale, Turkey.

Corresponding Author: myildirim@comu.edu.tr
Page Number(s): 131-138
Published Online First: February 01, 2016
Publication Date: February 01, 2016

ABSTRACT

Automated control systems in irrigation have in recent years made considerable progress, offering a wide range of new options. In this experiment, drip irrigation system automatically governed irrigation in accordance with a water level sensing system in the mini-pan with the help of evaporation. Data acquisition was performed by an electronic circuit, which processed data and then sent the data to the microcontroller (Pic16f877). In the system, a closed loop control system based on sensing water level in the mini-pan was used to activate irrigation, thereby the system started irrigation whenever water level in the mini-pan dropped to the set level. The performance of the automated system can be increased as the irrigation timing in the software is adjusted according to plant growth stages.

Keywords: automated irrigation, drip irrigation, water level sensor, irrigation controller,mini-pan
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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