Open AccessSolar Powered Paddy Irrigation System Using Arduino UNO Microcontroller: Battery Performance
Author(s) -
Baythanee Chan,
Siti Amely Jumaat,
Mohd Noor Abdullah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1529/5/052080
Subject(s) - irrigation , photovoltaic system , environmental science , agricultural engineering , paddy field , environmental engineering , battery (electricity) , engineering , electrical engineering , power (physics) , ecology , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
This project is about the innovation of automated irrigation system at paddy field. Paddy irrigation system traditionally was depending on raining seasons. The changing of raining seasons will affect paddy growth. The farmer will use water pump sourced from diesel to drain water into the paddy field. The diesel water pump produces smoke that causes air pollution and bad health to the farmer. Moreover, diesel was non-reusable energy plus the manual control of irrigation system wastes time and human energy to operate the water pump and observe the water level. This project proposed the photovoltaic system to power the irrigation system and develop the prototype to represent the element of real irrigation system at the paddy field. Standalone photovoltaic system consists of solar panel, battery as energy storage, solar charger controller and water pump and the irrigation system is fully automated system controlled by Arduino UNO. Result obtain the solar-powered paddy irrigation system success coverall supply electricity to the irrigation system. The water pump only runs when low water level which measures by polypropylene float switch. The proposed project can produce efficient irrigation system, reduce the air pollution at paddy field and make farmer better health.