Design for Low Power Irrigation Systems for Small Plot Farming in Eastern India

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Esparza, Marcos A
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Amos G. Winter, V.
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Abstract
irrigation on small-scale farms (~ 1 acre) in Eastern India. The pump is part of a larger irrigation system powered by 300 watts of solar panels and includes batteries as an energy buffer. The pump was designed for and achieved a performance point of 13 gal/min and a pressure head of 1 bar and surpassed the efficiency of every other pump of its kind currently on the market with an efficiency of 29%. The irrigation system is being tested in the field in two pilot studies (ongoing as of this writing since February 2015) in two villages outside of Chakradharpur, Jarkhand, India.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2015.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (page 51).
 
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2015
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100882
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mechanical Engineering.
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