Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.

Sci (2019) 8(2): 2593-2596

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 02 (2019)
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Review Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.802.301

Development of Solar Operated Sprayer for Small Scale Farmers

Ashutosh Mishra1, Neetu Bhagat2 and Padam Singh3*

1
SCRIET CCS University Campus Meerut, India
2
Deputy Director Approval, Bereau AICTE New Delhi, India
3
College of Forestry, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand, Ranichauri,
Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India

*Corresponding author

ABSTRACT

Keywords
The cost of fuel and the effect of emission of gases from the burnt fuel into the
Solar operated atmosphere, this necessitated the use of the abundant solar energy from the sun as
sprayer, a source of power to drive a sprayer The Photovoltaic (PV) panel of 6 V, 5 W
Small scale
farmers capacity configured to trap and convert the sun’s energy into the useful power was
used to perform the work of spraying. Solar PV Panel was used for operating the
Article Info sprayer and for charging a battery. The motor was used to regulate spraying liquid
Accepted: from the sprayer tank (5 lit.) and spray it through spinning disc nozzle. The SPV
20 January 2019 operated sprayer was provided with 6volt, 4.5amp lead acid battery which was
Available Online: used as alternative power source during cloudy atmosphere (in rainy season).
10 February 2019

Introduction fertilizers are sprayed either manually or by

using sprayers. Earlier, the pesticides and
A sprayer is a mechanical device used to fertilizers were sprinkled manually, but they
spray the liquid like herbicides, pesticides, will result in harmful effects on farmers. In
fungicides and fertilizers to the crops in order order to overcome this problem, different
to avoid any pest and control the unwanted spraying techniques have been developed.
plant species. Sprayer provides optimum These sprayers consist of different
utilization of pesticides or any liquid with mechanisms and the cost of equipment is
minimum efforts. In Indian farms generally generally high. A solar operated sprayer is
two types of spray pumps are used for easy to handle and maintenance free, hence is
spraying, they are hand operated spray pump affordable to the farmers. Therefore a solar
and fuel operated spray pump, out of which operated sprayer is designed and fabricated.
hand operated spray pumps are most popular. This system can be operated using solar
To kill the pests and insects pesticides, energy or electrical energy. The solar energy

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is converted into electrical energy and is connected to the spray lance pipe with
stored in a storage battery. The main spinning disc nozzle.
advantages of the present system are the
running cost reduces to minimum and Battery
consume less time. Solar energy from the sun
is harvested on the solar panel. The panel is The SPV operated sprayer was provided with
made up of photovoltaic cells, which converts 6 V, 4.5 Ah sealed lead acid battery which
photon energy to electric energy. These cells was used as alternative power source during
are made up of silicon semiconductor. Solar cloudy atmosphere (in rainy season).
panel is
The battery was charged with the help of SPV
Development of Solar photovoltaic panel available on top of the sprayers. The
Operated Sprayer regularized voltage of 6V required for motor
operation was supplied by battery.
A solar photovoltaic operated sprayer
consisted of different components. viz; Spinning disc nozzle
photovoltaic panel panels, motor and control
system and spray lance with spinning disc The spinning disc nozzle was fitted on the
sprayer lance. The spinning disc type nozzle
Solar photovoltaic (SPV) panel breaks liquid into fine droplets. The output
droplet size depends on flow rate and disc
The Photovoltaic (PV) or solar panel of 6 V, 5 operating speed.
W capacity configured to trap and convert the
sun’s energy into the useful power was used Lance
to perform the work of spraying. Solar PV
Panel was used for operating the Sprayer and A lance made up of fiber material having
for charging a battery. extension rod for increasing the lance length
was used. Extension rod was made up of mild
D.C. Motor steel material. The battery casing was made
up of HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)
A 6 V D.C. motor was used to operate the material was placed at rare end of lance. The
spinning disc having 4000-4400 rpm. The on/off switch was provided on lance. The
D.C. motor was fitted at the end of the lance. motor was fitted on front end of lance with
The spinning disc nozzle was fixed on D.C. spinning disc.
motor. A compact size, rust proof, easy to
clean and maintain and low electric Solar Charge controller
consumption motor was used to reduce the
weight. Liquid enters on spinning disc by A solar charge controller regulated the
rotating spinning disc nozzle used the voltage and current from solar panel. It was
centrifugal force to add velocity to the liquid placed between a solar panel and a battery.
and breaks it into fine droplets.
It was used to maintain the proper charging
Liquid tank voltage to the battery and protected it from
overcharging and discharging. The technical
The 5 liters capacity tank made up of High specification of developed SPV operated
density polyethylene material was used and sprayer are summarized in

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Working principle of Solar photovoltaic operates, such that the sprayer works. Here
Operated Sprayer fertilizer can be stored in tank. When the sun
rays are falling on the solar panel electricity
Solar operated system consists of Solar panel, will be generated through the solar cells and
battery, pump and sprayer. The solar panel stored in the battery. By the electric power in
delivers an output in the order of 12 volts and the battery the pump operates and therefore
20 Watts power to the charging unit. The fertilizers from the tank is sprayed out
charging unit is used to strengthen the signal through the sprayers. There is no maintenance
from the solar panel. The charging unit cost and operating cost as it is using solar
delivers the signal which charges the battery. energy and no pollution problem (Fig. 1 and
According to the charged unit, the pump 2).

Fig.1&2 Assembly of solar energy driven sprayer & testing of solar energy driven sprayer

In solar energy mode, solar energy obtained used to suck the spraying liquid from the
by the sun is converted into electrical energy sprayer tank and spray it through nozzle. The
using solar panel by photovoltaic effect. The sprayer consists of sprayer tank and sprayer
output of energy conversion was used to pipe. The sprayer tank is made up of plastic or
charge a deep cycle battery. The number of fiber material in order to reduce the weight of
times a battery can be discharged is known as the tank. The capacity of the tank is 16 liters
its life cycle. For solar applications, a battery and connected to the sprayer pipe with
should be capable of being discharged in adjustable nozzle. By adjusting the nozzle the
several times. In such cases a deep cycle output of flow can be controlled. The whole
battery is used. In this work a lead-acid unit can be carried conveniently at the back of
accumulator serves the purpose. The lead-acid human body with the help of shoulder straps.
battery has the properties such as high current The supporting base of entire unit needs to be
availability, contact voltage, longer life and strong and light in weight.
more ability to charge as compare to
conventional batteries. The output of battery The Photovoltaic (PV) panel of 6 V, 5 W
is connected to a DC pump through protection capacity configured to trap and convert the
circuit. The DC pump is selected because of sun’s energy into the useful power was used
the advantages such as less in noise, longer in to perform the work of spraying. Solar PV
life, maintenance free, motor speed can be Panel was used for operating the sprayer and
varied in the larger extent by varying the for charging a battery. The motor was used to
supply voltage and is self-lubricated. Pump is operate spinning disc. The spraying liquid

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How to cite this article:

Ashutosh Mishra, Neetu Bhagat and Padam Singh. 2019. Development of Solar Operated
Sprayer for Small Scale Farmers. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(02): 2593-2596.
doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.802.301

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