M.Tech / ICAR-NET · Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Design of Pumps for Irrigation and Drainage

IDE-511 Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Syllabus topic plan

1. 01Basic hydraulic design of centrifugal pumps
2. 02Net positive suction head, cavitation and vapour pressure
3. 03Water-hammer problems in centrifugal pumps
4. 04Pumping systems for agricultural drainage
5. 05Vertical turbine, submersible and axial-flow pumps: selection and performance
6. 06Multiple well-point systems and their design
7. 07Energy requirement in groundwater pumping
8. 08Non-conventional pumping: windmills, micro-turbines and solar pumps
9. 09Hydraulic ram and solar photovoltaic pumping systems
10. 10Design of pumping stations; techno-economic evaluation
11. 11Efficient operation, flow control and conservation measures

Part of the M.Tech / ICAR-NET curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each topic on theciae.