Mossman, Darcy (2023) Retrofitting and Redesign of Irrigation Systems. [USQ Project]
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Abstract
Water is the most important part of any crop or stock production business and irrigation is used to apply that water to a desired area of a farming operation. Some of the more popular methods for applying that water is through the use of lateral moves or centre pivot systems. But as time passes, the land change hands or the infrastructure in place ages and due to changing outlooks or age the system doesn’t fit the owner’s requirements anymore. This then leads to the system being used less or used in its current state which means that the system is not being used or isn’t operating at peak efficiency, and in a world that is having to produce more food off the same amount of land efficiency is key.
The reason that this research topic was chosen is that due to the large amount of capital required to install a irrigation system and existing infrastructure can be upgraded to extend the working life of the machinery for a smaller amount of capital to improve the efficiency of the machinery and in turn increase the use of these machines. Therefore, the main outcome of this research is to design a template that can be done in part by the owner of the machine and consulting with their sales representative to come up with a solution to extend the life of the machine. This will then flow onto coming up with a chekclist to be proformed by the owner before the evaluation of the system and then a triffic light approuch to updating the machine and fasablity if the machine is worth updating and a new machine could be installed in its place.
By the development of the initial version of the checklist and discussing the feasibility of retrofitting of the machines I hope that the irrigation sector of agriculture will have a more standardized approach to the upgrading of its infrastructure.
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| Item Type: | USQ Project |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Engineering (1 Jan 2022 -) |
| Supervisors: | Gillies, Malcolm |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2025 04:14 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2025 04:14 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | irrigation system; agriculture |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52977 |
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