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New Syllabus AgriculturalEngineering Ug STD

The document outlines the curriculum for a degree in Agricultural Engineering, covering various units such as surveying, soil erosion, watershed management, irrigation, farm structures, farm power, farm machinery, food processing, and renewable energy. Each unit details specific topics including methods, techniques, and design principles relevant to agricultural practices and engineering. The content emphasizes practical applications and management strategies for sustainable agricultural development.

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New Syllabus AgriculturalEngineering Ug STD

The document outlines the curriculum for a degree in Agricultural Engineering, covering various units such as surveying, soil erosion, watershed management, irrigation, farm structures, farm power, farm machinery, food processing, and renewable energy. Each unit details specific topics including methods, techniques, and design principles relevant to agricultural practices and engineering. The content emphasizes practical applications and management strategies for sustainable agricultural development.

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

(DEGREE STANDARD)
SUBJECT CODE: 280

UNIT-I: SURVEYING AND HYDROLOGY

Surveying – Instruments - Methods of surveying – Computation of area – Triangulation,


intersection, traversing, cross staff survey – Pane table survey – Earth work
computation -Simpson’s trapezoidal rule - Levelling - Definition - Types of benchmarks -
Different types of levels – Reduction of leveling data by rise and fall method and height
of collimation method -Contouring – Profile surveying - Cross section survey - Use of
Minor instruments - Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, evaporation and infiltration –
Estimation of runoff – Factors affecting runoff – Computation of volume of runoff and
peak flow – Unit hydrograph - Occurrence of ground water, hydraulics of wells, types of
wells and their construction - Well drilling – Techniques for different formations - Well
logging - Types of well screen - Design of well screens - Well development - Yield
testing.

UNIT-II: SOIL EROSION AND CONSERVATION

Soil erosion – Types – Factors affecting erosion by water and wind - Stages of water
erosion -Biological control measures - Biological control measures and their suitability -
Contour farming, strip cropping, mixed cropping, intercropping and mulching -
Mechanical control measures and their suitability – Design and construction of contour
bunds, graded bunds, terraces, contour stone walls, contour trenches, staggered
trenches and diversion drain - Gully control structures and check dams - Wind erosion –
Types and control - Dry farming techniques for improving crop production - Estimation
of soil erosion - Universal Soil Loss Equation.

UNIT-III: WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Watershed – Concept, types and delineation - Land capability classification -


Participatory rural appraisal technique – Watershed development plan – Estimation of
cost and benefits -Gully and ravine reclamation – In-situ & Ex-situ water harvesting,
micro catchments – Ground water recharge - Farm pond and percolation pond –
Selection of suitable soil and water conservation practices – Afforestation – Holistic
planning - Watershed based rural development – Use of aerial photography and remote
sensing in watershed management - Applications of GIS in planning and development
of watersheds including forest cover and water resources.

UNIT-IV: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Irrigation - Sources – Soil- water- Plant relationship - Water requirement of crops –


Measurement of irrigation water - Weirs and flumes - Methods of irrigation - Surface,
sprinkler and drip irrigation - Drip irrigation – Components - Wetting pattern - Filters and
Fertigation tanks - Design of laterals - Submain - Main lines - Pump capacity - Operation
and maintenance - Sprinkler irrigation - Components - Sprinkler performance - Hydraulic
design of sprinkler systems - Duty and delta relationship – Irrigation scheduling -
Irrigation efficiencies and their estimation - Pumps - Types, selection and installation -
Drainage - Causes of water logging and salt problem - Methods of drainage - Design of
surface, sub-surface and vertical drainage systems - Improvement and utilization of
poor quality water - Reclamation of saline and alkali soils.

UNIT-V: FARM AND IRRIGATION STRUCTURES

Design and construction of farm structures – Site selection - Materials of construction –


Quality– types of masonry – Foundation, basement and superstructure – Types of roofs
– building plan and estimation, requirements of farm house, threshing floor, drying floor,
poultry house, dairy farm, rat proof godown and farm roads - Design features earthen
dams and gravity dams - Water conveyance structures – Earthen channels and lined
channels – Advantages of lining – materials of lining – Design of channel cross section
– Crossing control structures – Drop spillway, chute spillway, pipe inlet spill way – Road
crossing structures – Culvert, inverted siphon aqueduct – Their uses - Underground
pipe line system – Components and their functions – Structures for plant environment –
Green houses, polyhouses and shadenets – Construction and utilization - Soil less
culture.
UNIT-VI: FARM POWER

Agricultural mechanization – Scope and sources of farm power - Animate and


electromechanical - Thermodynamics - Construction and working of internal combustion
engines - Fuel, ignition, lubrication, cooling, air intake, exhaust, governing and electrical
systems of IC engines - Different types of tractors and power tillers - Power
transmission, ground drive, power takeoff, steering, brake, implement control and
hydraulic systems -Bulldozer – Features, traction, suspension, steering, operations
using bulldozer – Weight transfer, theory of traction – Tractive efficiency – Mechanics
and stability – Care and maintenance of tractors.

UNIT- VII: FARM MACHINERY

Farm machinery - Primary tillage implements – Mould board plough, disc plough and
chisel plough - Secondary tillage implements – Cultivators, harrows and rotary tillers -
Land shaping machinery – Leveller, ridger and bund former - Sowing and transplanting
– Seed drills, planters and rice transplanters - Interculture implements - Plant protection
equipment – Sprayers and dusters - Harvesting, threshing and combining equipment -
Machinery for earth moving and land development - Machinery for horticulture, agro-
forestry and forages – Haulage of agricultural and forest produces - Management of
farm machinery - Cost estimation for farm operations.

UNIT-VIII: UNIT OPERATIONS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING

Heat transfer principles – Conduction, convection and radiation - Types of heat


exchangers - Unit operations – Evaporators - Types - Mechanical separation – Filtration
– Sedimentation – Settling – Centrifugal separation – Cyclone separation - Size
reduction – Mixing – Blending – emulsification - Food processing operations -
Pasteurization – Sterilization – Canning - Retort processing - Extrusion processing of
foods - Methods of drying of foods – Preservation of food by irradiation - Microwave and
dielectric heating - Fats and oil processing – Extraction methods and equipments - Food
packaging – Materials and characteristics – Suitability - Processing of milk and milk
products, packaging of milk - Principles of refrigeration and applications in food
industries – Cold storage of fruits and vegetables - Design aspects.
UNIT- IX: PROCESS ENGINEERING OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL
CROPS

Engineering properties of food materials – Moisture content – Methods of determination


– Psychrometry - Drying – Thin layer and deep bed drying – Types of heat sources and
types of dryers - Cleaning and grading – Principles – Separators – Efficiency –
Performance index - Shelling and decortication – Seed processing and layout of seed
processing units - Rice processing – Parboiling and dehusking of paddy – Machines
used - Milling of wheat, corn and pulses - Material handling equipments - Conveyors
and elevators - Storage – Conditions for safe storage – Bag and bulk storage – Silo
storage - Design aspects - Modified atmosphere storage – Storage structures -
Equipments used for processing of horticultural crops – Preservation of fresh fruits and
vegetables – Drying and dehydration – Processing of coffee, tea, rubber, cashew nut,
coconut, oil palm, aromatic plants, flowers and spices.

UNIT-X: RENEWABLE AND BIOENERGY

Solar energy – Solar collectors – Air heaters – Water heaters – Solar photovoltaic
systems and applications - Wind energy - Suitable sites – Types of wind mills – Wind
mill components – Applications – Performance of wind mills - Biomass resources – Agro
residues – Characteristics - Conversion technologies – Biochemical conversion –
Biogas plant – Types and selection, construction, operation and maintenance - Slurry
handling - Thermochemical conversion – Stoves – Types - Improved stoves – Pyrolysis
– Charcoal production – Gasification – Briqueitting – Cogeneration - Energy plantation
and environmental impact – Global warming – Clean development mechanism (CDM)
and role of afforestation - Biofuels – Biodiesel feedstock, production and by-product
utilization – Ethanol – Production and utilization – Emission - Standards and control.

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