Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Division

XI Plan Research Thrust Areas

                 Improvement in on-farm water management practices

                 Water harvesting and recycling 

                                                On going Research Activities

Establishment of precision farming development center and its operation in Madhya Pradesh

Testing Of Monobloc Centrifugal Pump Sets Of 3-5 Hp

Fertigation Strategies for Fruit and Vegetable Crop(s) in Vertisols

Development of 50 m2 greenhouse with provision for top opening

ORP on soil moisture based mciro-sprinkler (PC) irrigation

XI Plan Significant Achievements

Laboratories and equipment 

Irrigation equipment testing laboratory

A PLC based automated testing set-ups for pumps and drippers have been developed at CIAE in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Division.  Pump testing set-up has been designed to study the performance characteristics of centrifugal pumpsets of power capacity ranging from 2 to 10 hp.  Suction pressure, delivery pressure, discharge and torque between motor and pump are measured by using 4-20 mA DC signal based transmitters in the system. An automated dripper-testing set-up includes measurement of water quality parameters (pH, Ec and Temp.).  Differential pressure across the filter, discharge measurement and inlet pressure at the testing time.  All these parameters except discharge are measured with sensor cum transmitters with 4-20 mA DC Signal.  Discharge is measured by using tipping buckets and data is transferred to PLC in the form of digital signals.  This is designed for 50-300 kPa pressures with dripper of 2-10 lph to meet the BIS requirement. Both systems are operated by using Supervisory control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) an MMI package of Rsview –32.  SCADA acquires data from PLC into computer in the report from.  It has got features of creating reports, animated system layouts with control switches and controls for changing the pressure head in the testing. 

Drainage Engineering Laboratory

Drainage engineering laboratory has been developed to determined physical properties of soil including determination of relationship between matric potential and moisture content using pressure plate apparatus.  Testing set up for determination of hydrologic conductivity and different drainage envelope material has been developed. 

National and International training programme