Shared Pipeline Irrigation System with Time-Sequential Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current irrigation systems require multiple transport pipelines for different irrigation liquids, leading to increased complexity and cost, as well as aesthetic issues in managing various irrigation areas with distinct water and fertilizer needs.
Innovation Solution
An irrigation system with a single transport pipeline that carries different feeding liquids to multiple irrigation areas, utilizing a control module to manage the distribution of liquids and sprayers at different times, reducing the need for multiple pipelines and lowering user management costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple transport pipelines are used for different irrigation liquids, then each irrigation area can receive its required liquid independently, but the device complexity and installation difficulty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic action by controlling different supply apparatuses to operate at different time intervals. The control module activates supply apparatuses sequentially based on growth conditions, crop types, and soil moisture levels, allowing different irrigation liquids to be delivered through a shared pipeline at different times rather than simultaneously through separate pipelines.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges multiple separate transport pipelines into a single shared pipeline system. Multiple supply apparatuses connect to this common pipeline, and the control module manages the flow of different irrigation liquids through time-based scheduling, reducing the overall complexity of pipeline arrangement while maintaining independent delivery capability.
2Device complexity
If a single transport pipeline is used for multiple irrigation areas, then pipeline arrangement becomes simpler, but conflicting irrigation liquids may interfere with each other
Solution Approach 1:
The control module implements periodic action by sequentially activating different supply apparatuses based on real-time monitoring of crop needs and soil conditions. This time-based control ensures that incompatible irrigation liquids are delivered at different times through the shared pipeline, preventing chemical interference while simplifying pipeline arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The control module acts as an intermediary that manages the flow of different irrigation liquids through the shared pipeline. It monitors growth conditions and coordinates the activation of supply apparatuses, ensuring that liquids are delivered in a sequence that prevents conflict while maintaining system simplicity.
3Measurement precision
If separate pipelines are installed for each irrigation liquid, then precise control over liquid delivery is achieved, but installation cost and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves precise liquid delivery control through periodic action managed by the control module. It monitors growth conditions, crop types, and soil moisture levels to determine when each supply apparatus should operate, delivering the correct liquid at the right time through a shared pipeline, thereby maintaining precision while reducing installation costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates self-service capabilities through automated monitoring and control. Sensors detect soil moisture and crop conditions, and the control module automatically activates the appropriate supply apparatuses without manual intervention, maintaining precise delivery control while reducing the need for complex manual pipeline systems.
4Reliability
If multiple pipelines are distributed across irrigation areas, then each area receives appropriate irrigation liquid, but the aesthetic appearance of the area is seriously affected
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple separate pipelines into a single shared pipeline that is laid once across the irrigation area. This single pipeline connects to multiple supply apparatuses that are controlled sequentially, reducing the visual clutter of multiple distributed pipelines while ensuring each area receives the appropriate irrigation liquid through time-based control.
Solution Approach 2:
The control module implements periodic action by activating different supply apparatuses at different times based on crop needs and soil conditions. This allows a single pipeline to serve multiple irrigation areas with different liquid requirements, maintaining proper liquid distribution while preserving the aesthetic appearance by eliminating the need for multiple visible pipelines.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an irrigation system. The irrigation system includes a supply module, a transport pipeline, a spraying module, and a control module. The supply module includes a plurality of supply apparatuses for storing a plurality of feeding liquids. The control module controls the supply module to provide different feeding liquids at different time, and the different feeding liquids pass through a same segment of the transport pipeline at different time and flow to an irrigation area. The present invention further provides a method for controlling an irrigation system, and a control module controls different feeding liquids to pass through a same segment of a transport pipeline at different time and flow to an irrigation area. In the irrigation system, by using a same segment of the transport pipeline at different time, a quantity of pipelines of the irrigation system is reduced, so as to lower difficulty of arrangement of pipelines by a user, avoid affecting appearance, and reduce costs of the user.