Solar Powered Automated Water Irrigation System with Fertilizer Diffuser

Authors

  • Carlos Lenard Pescasio
  • Henrick Granado
  • Reb Dy Nigoza

Keywords:

Automated Water Irrigation Fertilizer Diffuser

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Since technology has been rapidly developing, most millennials today depend more on technology rather than doing activities on their own. With the hasty growth of technology, a lot of industries that need manpower, most especially in the agricultural industry has been affected. As years pass by, the number of farmers in our agricultural industry has been decreasing because traditional farming has been unappealing to millennials. From the aforementioned instances, the conceptualization of a Solar Powered Automated Water Irrigation System with Fertilizer Diffuser has been done. Owners of farmlands might decrease the burden of looking for enough manpower which would help the farming process. This study focuses on developing a Water Irrigation System with Fertilizer Diffuser which is powered by a solar pane; which can help farmers in the future. Furthermore, it aims to test the operability ease of use, novelty, cost and general acceptability if the device developed.

METHODS

The device was constructed using the Arduino Uno as the main component of the device that controls the irrigation system. There are three sensors namely relative humidity, sunlight and soil moisture that serves as the input that triggers the water valve to open and close. The program has been developed using C++ language. The system has two water valves that serves as the provider of the irrigation requirement and the fertilizer diffuser. to test the operability, ease of use, novelty, ¬cost and general acceptability of the device, 10 trials were made by testing the product.

RESULTS

All of the results of the 10-trial functionally and accuracy test revealed the following results: accuracy of sensor 1 (humidity) -1, accuracy of sensor 2 (sunlight) -1, accuracy of sensor 3 (soil moisture) -1, water valve 1 ( irrigation ) -1, water valve 2 ( fertilizer) -1, time and accuracy of the fertilizer diffuser -1, condition of the solar panel -1, and water resistance of the pump -, all of the criteria has a 100% success rate.

DISCUSSIONS

In this regard, it was concluded that the device can lessen the burden of looking for manpower since it was automated to dispense water and fertilizer in a certain time indicated in its program. It was very accessible and easy to operate since the person using the device will only need to turn it on and he could leave the device to do its job.

Published

2019-01-18