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AUTOMATED
IRRIGATION IN
AGRICULTURE USING
PLC & SCADA
B Y:
SIMRAN KAUR(04913204914)
GAGANDEEP VIRDI(03413204914)
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Introduction
Block diagram

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 Introduction
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In the world of advance electronics, life of human

beings should be simpler hence to make life more
simpler and convenient, we have made AUTOMATIC
PLANT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
A model of controlling irrigation facilities to help
millions of people.
The model shows the basic switching mechanism of
Water motor using sensors from any part of field by
sensing the moisture present in the soil.

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 Block Diagram
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 Idea of Project
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Water Conservation through Drip Irrigation:

Our initial idea of project in Agriculture started with
water problems of farmers. We decided to make a
fully controlled irrigation system. Additional feature
of this project with drip irrigation was soil moisture
detection and supplying the water to the field
Increased Yield:
To avoid the damage due to uncertainty from climatic
parameters like rainfall, temperature, etc.

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Automatic Fertilizer Spray System:

To make the work more time efficient we have added a
fertilizer tank from which the chemical will be added
into the main water tank. The water pump will drag the
fertilizer chemical directly to the crops. This will result
in proper substitution for manual human labor.

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 Schematic Diagram
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 Working
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As we select a particular crop in the SCADA, all the

parameters will be loaded on the PLC.
Example: Days of crop = 90, Irrigation Interval = 24hrs, required
temperature = below 40C gets loaded on PLC. PLC will send
commands to all the modules.
Initially, Water is drawn from the source (e.g. Well,
Dam, Reservoir) by motor and is stored in the water
tank. To fill the tank with sufficient amount of water, a
level sensor is provided.

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Level sensor senses the water level in the tank. If the level in the
tank is below a Mid level, level sensor signals the PLC and motor
is turned on.
Level sensor senses the water level in the tank. If the level in the
tank is below a Mid level, level sensor signals the PLC and motor
is turned on.
When the water level is reaches high level, motor is automatically
turned off. The water in the tank is always maintained at the High
level.

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The amount of water to be given to the field is determined by the

pre determined settings loaded in PLC.
Different crops have different pre determined settings.
The humidity sensor circuit is used for maintaining the proper
amount of water as per the crop requirement.
The relay is turned ON if the humidity drops a set point. The
normally open contact of relay gives a signal to PLC.
The solenoid valve automatically turns ON after receiving a
proportional output signal from PLC.

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It is impossible to keep control and supervision on all agricultural

activities manually. Some automated tool is required which can
control, supervise, collect data, analyze data and generate reports.
A unique solution is introduced to meet all this demand is
SCADA system.
Using SCADA we can monitor the whole system sitting at home.
Any malfunction of the hardware can also be detected through
SCADA system.

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 Ladder Logic Diagram
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 Programming
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The PLC is programmed with the above Ladder Logic

Diagram with the following program code:

IF S1<30%;
then S1=ON;
IF S1>=90%;
then S1=OFF;

IF S2<20%;
then S2=ON;

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 Advantages
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This project effectively promotes real time monitoring using PLC

& SCADA on a personal computer or laptop.
It provides user friendly GUI for farming which can be used by
anyone with little or no technical knowledge
It saves water, energy and efforts of a farmer
Higher monetary gains due to optimization of the system as a
whole.

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Required amount of water is given to the field

automatically which reduces the efforts of farmer
drastically.
Reduces the risk of manual fault or faults due to human
error.
Decreases losses due hailstone, wind and untimely rain
and extreme temperature by use of shade net.

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 Future Scope
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Furthermore, we can increase the automation in farming by

including technologies for seeding, harvesting, threshing,
winnowing etc.
We can check more parameters which are required for
agriculture like evaporation method, crop coefficient, quality of
soil, type of drippers, etc. and can make the system more
accurate for market use.
We can include security measures for overall system.
We can interface this system with regional climate department
for monitoring the field according to the weather forecast.

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 THANK YOU

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