Year: 2015 | Month: June | Volume 2 | Issue 1

Capillary Water Provision System for Irrigation

Joju Thomas K Kiran Thomas Christin Thomas Dheeraj M and Philip Jacob Perakathu
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Abstract:

Water provision system using capillary action is a restoration propagation operation. The capillary action occurs due to the combined effect of three phenomena’s namely cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension. This is a low cost approach to supply an efficient and continuous source of moisture to plants. A variety of materials can be used to construct this system. In this study, a system has been designed and water is allowed to reach the root of plants through capillary action. For the betterment of water transfer, a porous material is embedded into the system. Using this system water can be provided to a certain height without the aid of mechanical devices like motor and pump. This method can be used to provide water to small plants and also to large plants in their initial growing stages. This largely helps in reducing wastage of water and helps in efficient use of water especially in water scarce regions. This system can be modified for more applications in the future.



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