Irrigation Wells and Pumps detailed Syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (AL), K scheme PDF has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Rationale
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Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to achieve & demonstrate the following COs on completion of course based learning
- Understand the types of Aquifer.
- Suggest the methods of artificial recharge of groundwater.
- Use the techniques of groundwater exploration.
- Identify the equipment used for the construction of wells.
- Analyze the performance of water lifting devices as per the requirement.
Unit I
Ground Water Resources Development and Utilization 1.1 The Hydrological cycle and Types of water bearing formation 1.2 Occurrence and movement of ground water, origin and age of groundwater (IKS*: Cultural importance of groundwater including any spiritual or communal aspects). 1.3 Aquifer and its types. 1.4 Aquifer characteristics influencing well yields: Rock properties affecting groundwater, important definitions, hydraulic conductivity, transmissibility, coefficient of storage, specific yield, hydraulic resistance and leakage factor.
Suggested Learning Pedagogie
Lecture Using Chalk-Board Presentations Demonstration Video Demonstrations
Unit II
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Unit III
Irrigation wells 3.1 Classification of wells. 3.2 Groundwater exploration techniques (IKS*: Traditional Methods of Locating Groundwater). 3.3 Familiarization of various types of bore wells and design and construction of open wells
Suggested Learning Pedagogie
Lecture Using Chalk-Board Presentations Demonstration Site/Industry Visit
Unit IV
Methods of Drilling of Wells 4.1 Concept of drilling of wells, well screens, gravel packs. 4.2 Equipment’s and procedures for construction of open wells and tube wells. 4.3 Methods of drilling of wells: percussion, rotary, reverse rotary 4.4 Design of gravel pack, installation of well screen, completion and development of well. (IKS*: Traditional Well Drilling Techniques)
Suggested Learning Pedagogie
Lecture Using Chalk-Board Presentations Demonstration Video Demonstrations
Unit V
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List of Experiments:
- Verification of Darcy’s law. 2
- Collect various types of rocks and explain its properties affecting ground water availability. 2
- Evaluate the well interference with multiple well systems. 2
- Identify groundwater quality by considering the zone of saturation. 2
- Determine the hydraulic components of the well near by visinity of your village/college campus. 2
- Evaluate the concept of groundwater exploration techniques. 2
- Study about steps to design and constructions of Open wells. 2
- Study about steps to design and constructions of bore wells 2
- Describe the drilling of wells with wells screen and gravel packs 2
- Collect the information of equipment for construction of the given open wells/tube wells. 2
- Classify methods of drilling of wells. 2
- Study of steps to installation of well screen. 2
- Identify the components of centrifugal pump. 2
- Analyze the performance curve for selection of pumps. 2
- Identify effect of change of impeller dimensions on performance characteristics. 2
Self Learning
Micro Project
- Assess an existing well system in your area and propose optimization strategies if required.
- Design a concept for a smart irrigation system incorporating sensors and automation for selected crops in your field.
- Collect the information about different types of rocks and present it in pictorial forms.
- Collect the information about different types of aquifer of open wells by watching YouTube videos.
- Prepare a plan layout about roof top water harvesting for our college building.
- Prepare a report on Government Schemes (Central/State) for open well and pumps.
- Collect the specifications charts of different pump models.
- Prepare a video about water divining techniques and post it in your social media profile.
- Select a suitable well and pump, design the irrigation layout, calculate water requirements, and create a detailed plan for given field.
- Prepare quotation for open and tube well drilling and construction.
Assignment
- Collect the information with broachers about minimum 10 types and manufacturers of irrigation pumps in market.
- Propose a plan to improve water quality in an existing well system.
- Prepare detailed maintenance schedule of centrifugal pump.
- Create a comprehensive maintenance manual for minimum of three specific type of pumps.
- Visit a local well, collect data on performance and efficiency, analyze the current system, and recommend improvements if required
- Create a battery operated working model of a micro irrigation system for educational purposes.
- Develop a basic monitoring system for tracking the performance of irrigation well in your own field.
- Collect an information about well drilling methods available in India.
- Organize a workshop to educate local farmers or community members about irrigation system maintenance.
- Collect information about water-saving measures such as pressure regulators or better filtration units for micro irrigation systems for a given field.
Laboratory Equipment
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Learning Materials
- A. M. Michael and S. D. Khepar Water Wells and Pumps ISBN: 978-0074624497 Publisher: Tata McGraw- Hill, Edition : 9th (2005)
- David Keith Todd Groundwater hydrology (2nd Edition) ISBN: 978-0471059370 John Wiley and sons, New York (International Book Disturbing Co. Lucknow) Edition:- 13th
- A.M. Michael Irrigation: Theory and Practices ISBN: 978-0074624498 Vikas publishing house Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi Edition: 13th
- Hassan M. Badr, Wael A. Abdel-Fatah, and Mohamed A. Shahin Pumping Machinery Theory and Practice ISBN: 978-1118541851 Publisher: Wiley Publication Year: 2015
- Mark S. Ramsey Practical Wellbore Hydraulics and Hole Cleaning ISBN: 978-0127999905 Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing Publication Year: 2019
Learning Websites
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBcf7Hnq8ag Occurrence of Groundwater – Ground Water and Well Hydraulics – Water Resource Engineering 1
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyKK-wLWZ0 Introduction to groundwater
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMlpMWBdd5s Occurrence and distribution of groundwater
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWbNbwIYCg Hydrological properties of rocks
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAAZnRWJV-k Types of aquifer
- https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc24_ce83/preview Ground water engineering
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coW6QE27omE Unsteady Flow in Confined Aquifer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOt1PF_J-no Artificial Recharge of Groundwater
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtSgdeLT4yE Groundwater quality
- http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/course/view.php? id=513 Ground water Wells and Pumps
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIJDoi3HTRM Design of well in Irrigation Engineering
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_Mzee1lXU Construction of Open Well || Yield of Open Well
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpcCUtYzwy0 Centrifugal Pump Basics – How centrifugal pumps work working principle
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yxc2Q_jBdU Centrifugal Pump Curves – Performance and Characteristics
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aBQpZcgdU Centrifugal pump head | Types of Head in Centrifugal Pump | Pump Head vs Flow rate
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