IIT Kharagpur crop production technology syllabus<\/p>\n
Tube wells and Pumps<\/p>\n
3 – 0 – 0 : 3 Credits Prerequsites: NoneIntroduction to Groundwater: Definition of groundwater, occurrence of<\/p>\n
groundwater, physical properties, porosity and permeability, capillarity and<\/p>\n
capillary fringe, Darcy\u2019s law, Dupuit-Forchheimer assumptions, aquifers and<\/p>\n
aquitards, groundwater development and potential in India, status of<\/p>\n
groundwater resources in India, case histories.<\/p>\n
Well Hydraulics: Basic assumptions, steady and transient flows, confined,<\/p>\n
unconfined and leaky aquifers, partially penetrating wells, well interference,<\/p>\n
well losses, specific capacity.<\/p>\n
Pumping Tests: Need of pumping tests, types, design and test procedures,<\/p>\n
merits and demerits of pumping test, salient steady and transient methods<\/p>\n
for determining aquifer parameters, recovery test, determination of well-loss<\/p>\n
coefficients and well efficiency.<\/p>\n
Construction of Wells: Types of wells, test drilling and well logs, well design,<\/p>\n
methods for constructing shallow wells, drilling techniques for deep wells,<\/p>\n
cavity wells, bamboo tubewells, well casings and screens, perforations and<\/p>\n
gravel packs, well cementing, well development, stimulation and sterilization<\/p>\n
of wells, testing wells for yield, protection of wells.<\/p>\n
Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Wells: Incrustation, corrosion, evaluation<\/p>\n
of well performance, abandoned wells.<\/p>\n
Pumps: Classification of water-lifting devices, principles and operation of<\/p>\n
important indigenous water-lifting devices, positive displacement pumps,<\/p>\n
centrifugal pumps, vertical turbine pumps, submersible pumps, propeller and<\/p>\n
mixed flow pumps, affinity laws, jet pumps, air-lift pumps, pump selection,<\/p>\n
troubles of pumps and remedial measures, evaluation of pump performance,<\/p>\n
power requirements, efficiency and economics of pumping plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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