1Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar – 263 145, India.
2Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar– 263 145, India.
3Department of Agro–Energy, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad– 500 030, India.
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Online published on 13 December, 2011.
The energy consumed in irrigation pumping constitutes a major share of the total energy utilszed for agriculture. As the increasing demand of energy has aroused viz. in electrical, oil and gas, hence there is a strong need to explore the possibility of using the alternate and renewable energy sources like wind particularly for irrigation water pumping. Keeping this in view, the present study was taken up to assess the wind potential of the region and its utilisation in irrigation pumping. The current study consisted of the wind distribution and its conversion into wind energy, subsequently its conversion into wind pump discharges. The sizes as well as the complete irrigation system with mass curve analysis were determined to satisfy various daily irrigation demands at different risk levels.
Wind energy, wind pump irrigation, mass curve analysis, Kharif season, Rabi season, reservoir capacity
