Solar Operated Grass Cutter with Inbuilt Fertilizer Sprayer |
Author(s): |
Kamlesh Kale , Sandip Polytechnic (student); Lavkesh Patil, Sandip Polytechnic (student); Yashraj Salunkhe, Sandip Polytechnic (student); Rushikesh Sonar, Sandip Polytechnic (lecturer) |
Keywords: |
Solar plate, Moving blade, Fertilizer tank, Sprayer, Nozzle |
Abstract |
India is an agriculture based country. A solar grass cutter is a machine that uses sliding blades to cut a lawn at an even length. More sophisticated device are there in every field. Power consumption becomes essential for future. Solar grass cutter is a very useful device which is simple in construction. It is used to maintain and upkeep lawns in gardens, schools, colleges etc. We have made some changes in existing machine to make it application easier at reduced cost. Unskilled operator can easily operate this machine. Solar grass cutter is used to cut the different grasses for the different application. One more application of our project is to spray the fertilizer with the help of fertilizer sprayer. A fertilizer sprayer (not to be confused with fertilizer spreader) is a piece of equipment that can cover field with liquid fertilizer. This doubles the field’s crop yields. Fertilizer sprayer are small and somewhat cheap but the fertilizer they use expensive. In agriculture sector, spraying of fertilizer is an important task to protect the crops from insects for obtaining high yield. However, farmers have been mainly using traditional conventional techniques like hand operated and fuel operated sprayer system for spraying pesticides. Fuel is expensive and in many places fuel may not be available. If hand operated spray systems are used, the labor productivity decreases and the efficiency will be low. The use of solar energy system is an alternate solution for these limitations. Hence, a solar powered agricultural fertilizer sprayer is designed and fabricated. The system was designed and fabricated by considering parameters like desired spraying capacity, low weight, low cost, user-friendly nature, high operating time and for faster coverage of area. Thus, the solar sprayer was fabricated to be a value for money product in the agricultural sector. |
Other Details |
Paper ID: IJSRDV6I20230 Published in: Volume : 6, Issue : 2 Publication Date: 01/05/2018 Page(s): 235-238 |
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