Solar,Automatic And Manual Operated Diaphragm Pump And Grass Cutter

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1 0 Solar,Automatic And Manual Operated Diaphragm Pump And Grass Cutter Krishnappa R 1, Venkatesh G 2, Vishaka Prasad N B 3, Yashwanth Kuri 4, Varun kumar B 5, Hemanth M 6 1,2 Asst. Professor, Department of ME, Atria Institute Of Technology 3,4,5,6 Department of ME, Atria Institute of Technology Abstract Agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall economy of India. For the growth of Indian economy, mechanization is necessary. The main purpose of mechanization in agriculture is to improve the overall productivity and production. The socio-economic conditions of peoples living in villages of developing countries including India, human muscle power can be good alternative to fulfill the energy requirements for performing many activities like water pumping and grass cutting. This article addresses improvement in agriculture processes like automatic spraying of water or pesticides on plants and cutting the plants or grass after obtaining the fruits or the cereals by using vehicle. We have developed a vehicle having three wheels and it can be moved by pushing it. The complete assembly can be powered by using 12V Pb-acid rechargeable battery. The battery can be charged by using solar panel which is also mounted on the machine. Keywords Multipurpose, cam mechanism, Indian Economy, adjustable grass cutter, solar power generation I. INTRODUCTION Agricultural sector is changing the socio-economic environment of the population due to liberalization and globalization. About 75% people are living in the rural area and are still dependent on agriculture. About 43% of geographical area is used for agricultural activity. Agriculture has been the backbone of the Indian economy. As Indian population is growing continuously, the demand for producing crop per hector is also increasing this requires efficient and high-capacity machines. So mechanization in agricultural industry plays an important role in Indian economy. In current generation most of the countries do not have sufficient human factor in agriculture sector and it affects the growth of developing countries. In India, there are 70% people dependent on agriculture. So we need to study the agriculture. Pushing wheels is the most efficient way of utilizing power from human muscles. Keeping these things in mind a push type pesticide spray diaphragm pump can is developed. (also known as a Membrane pump) is a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a rubber, thermoplastic or teflon diaphragm and suitable valves on either side of the diaphragm (check valve, butterfly valves, flap valves, or any other form of shut-off valves) to pump a fluid. This project work deals with the design and fabrication of a pesticide spray diaphragm pump. The aim of this work is to develop a modernized and less stressful operation of pesticide spray diaphragm pump and grass cutter. The progressive invention in agriculture system is becoming an important task especially because of rising demand on quality of agriculture products and declining labour availability in rural farming areas. Innovative idea of our project is to automate the process of spraying the pesticide by using a cam which is used to pump the fluid and it can be used to cut the plants using a DC motor which runs on solar power. The cam can be run by either manual power i.e by pushing or can be used using a DOI: /IJRTER MP7AX 15

2 DC motor while standing still at one place, the height of the grass cutter can be adjusted as per the need of the farmer. II. LITERATURE SURVEY Regarding the mechanisation of agriculture, Linz, A. Ruckelshausen and E. Wunder(2014) - The authors are working in the fields of unmanned or remote controlled autonomous field robots, navigation, image-based sensor fusion as well as agricultural applications. In particular field robots have been applied for a few years in outdoor agricultural field applications. Within an interdisciplinary research group these technologies are transferred to robot applications in vineyards and orchards. The goal is the availability of an autonomous service robot, whereas first applications are site-specific plant protection (e.g. precise spraying), mulching and picking up fruit boxes. A first version of the robot with electrical drives and precise sprayers has already been developed. In 1994, MansukhbhaiJagani, developed an attachment for a motorbike to get a multipurpose tool bar. It addresses the twin problems of farmers in Saurashtra namely paucity of laborers and shortage of bullocks. This motor cycle driven plough (Bullet Santi) can be used to carry out various farming operations like furrow opening, sowing, inter-culturing and spraying operations. Mansukhbhai s intermediate-technology contraption proved efficient and cost-effective for smallsized farms. It could plough one acre (0.4 ha) of land in less than half an hour on just two liters of diesel oil. Using motorbike-santi, the cost of weeding a typical field was found to be just Rs 8/ha because as much as 10 ha land could be covered in a single day. But, this spraying equipment needs fuel for its running and proper operation which increases its operating cost. III. NECESSITY FOR AN AUTOMATIC GRASS CUTTER AND SPRAYER In order to spray the pesticides in farms, the people have to carry the pumps on their backs and pump it with their hands to pressurize it and they have bend down and cut the plants one after the other which puts a lot of strain and wears them out quickly. So, to reduce the human effort in rural areas we have developed a machine. The following challenges are overcome by this: There is a lack of mechanization in farming. Processes like spraying and grass cutting requires excess effort. More man power is required in agriculture field. More time consumption also leads to less productivity. IV. METHODOLY AND WORKING PRINCIPLE Dc motor Solar panel Battery Cam mechanism from chassis manual Grass cutter Dc motor Figure 1. Flow Chart Base frame is made for the vehicle with three wheels connected to it, the front wheel is a free rotating wheel in 360 degrees. Three Wheels are welded to the chassis through bearings. The adjustable grass cutter is fixed at the front and DC motor is connected to it. The diaphragm All Rights Reserved 16

3 with the hose is fixed at the middle of the frame. At the rear shaft, a chain and sprocket is fixed this is connected to the cam which is used to move the piston of the pump. A DC motor is also connected to cam mechanism so that it can be automated. The vehicle makes use of solar panel and batteries to operate. The battery is placed at the front and it is connected to the 2 DC motors. The solar panel is fixed at the rear near the handle and is connected to the battery with the help of a diode. A handle is made so that the machine can be pushed. The welded parts are grinded to smooth them. And the machine is painted. V. PROPOSED MODEL OF A MULTI OPERATIONAL VEHICLE Figure 2. Top View Figure 3. Side View Switch Solar panel Cam DC motor Hose Grass Cutter Figure 4. Front All Rights Reserved 17

4 VI. MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS AND ITS SPECIFICATIONS Table 1. Material Specification BATTERY Weight of battery: 2kg Output power: 12v 7.5 amps Operating voltage: 12v 1amp Current: 1 to 1.5 amps Battery DC MOTOR Number used - 2 Motor speed: 80 rpm Operating voltage: 12v Operating current: 1.5 amps DC Motor SOLAR PANEL Panel size: 316*217mm Weight of the panel: 500gms Voltage : 9V Current : 1.335amp Solar Panel Capacity: 8 Litres WHEELS No. of wheels used: 3 Material: Rubber All Rights Reserved 18

5 VII. FABRICATION PROCESSES REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE VEHICLE WELDING PROCESS DRILLING OPERATION FITTING PROCESS FRAME FABRICATION Figure 5. Fabrication All Rights Reserved 19

6 VIII. OBJECTIVES With the help of a multi operational vehicle, the following objectives can be achieved: To minimize human effort in the agricultural field. To perform TWO operations (Spraying pesticides and grass cutting) at single time. To increases production and save time of farmers. No pollution problems. Farmer can operate this vehicle easily without tiring for long times. X. CONCLUSION This project work has presented progress towards achieving a future precision autonomous farming system. This system is designed to help farmers in reducing their time and energy spent for pesticide spraying and weed cutting. This system can be operated on +12V rechargeable battery. This system will reduce labour problem in future. So this system will be the best replacement for currently used systems like hand sprayers and tiller mounted sprayers. REFERENCES 1. Laukik P. Raut, Smit B. Jaiswal, Nitin Y. Mohite. (2013, Nov.) Design, development and fabrication of agricultural pesticides sprayer with weeder,international Journal Of Applied Research and studies(ijars), pp. 1-8, ISSN: Mohd.Hudzari Haji Razali. (2012, May). Sprayer Technology for Farm Mechanization Course,Technical Journal of Engineering and Applied Science(TJEAS), pp , ISSN: Sandeep H. Poratkar and Dhanraj R. Raut. (2013, Mar.) Development of Multinozzle Pesticides Sprayer Pump, International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER), Vol.3, Issue.2, pp , ISSN: R. Joshua, V. Vasu and P. Vincent. (2010) Solar Sprayer - An Agriculture Implement, International Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 2 (1): pp , ISSN M. A. Miller, B. L. Steward, M. L. Westphalen Effects of multi mode four wheel steering on sprayer machine performance, American Society of Agricultural Engineers ISSN 0001 All Rights Reserved 20