We Examine Irrigation Pumps. 5 Types of Pumps

Spring is at the door. Especially in hobby gardens and gardens with agricultural activities, irrigation pumps and water pumps are vital. In my beautiful hometown, there is a very common expression“life water“. Because water is life.

Before entering the season, let’s take a look at small, medium and large-scale irrigation pumps.

Irrigation Pumps for Agriculture and Soil Care

Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil for agricultural or soil maintenance purposes. Therefore, an irrigation pump is used to move water from a water source to a specific dry area.

Irrigation pumps are often used in crop cultivation, to help maintain lawns, vegetation and fields. For this reason they can also be referred to as lawn irrigation pumps. Water pumps for irrigation systems are usually Centrifugal pumps, due to their ability to efficiently use water in a range of flows and pressures.

However, the solution for each need is different from each other. Factors such as the crop to be irrigated, the water source, the irrigation system, the area to be irrigated have different values and characteristics for each user.

0.5 HP Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps

Centrifugal irrigation pumps are similar to water in their physical and chemical properties and can be used to transfer clean water or other liquids.

This type of Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps are usually made of cast iron casing, can suction from a maximum depth of 6 meters, can transfer liquid up to a maximum temperature of 40℃, inlet and outlet are 1 inch (25mm).

The maximum head of the products is indicated as “mss”. If this head is 10 meters vertically, it is 10 times horizontally, i.e. 100 meters.

Of course, if there is a slope in the horizontal area, there will be losses if elbow-style material is used.

Choosing the right pump in an irrigation system is of vital importance. Choosing the wrong pump will create both cost and time loss for you. If you are wondering How to Read Centrifugal Pump Curve, you can visit the article.

The interpretation of this graph is given in the table above. Let’s explain it in a little more detail.

• Power/ m3/h in the upper red bar is the amount of water it gives per hour, i.e. the water flow rate,
• Kw/Hp order water flow rate per minute
• ACm37 indicates the head height.

In this case

• When pressed vertically to a height of 21.5 meters, 0.6 tons of water per hour,
• 3 tons of water per hour when pressed vertically to a height of 19.5 meters,
• When pressed vertically at a height of 12 meters, it can deliver 6 tons of water per hour.

1 HP Centrifugal Water Pump

This type of pumps can suction from a depth of 6m and can pump water up to 29m vertically and 290m horizontally. They can be used up to 4 floors and 8 apartments as booster.

The pumps are available in single-phase and three-phase models. Inlet and outlet of these pumps, which can be used in hot water applications up to 45°C, are 1″ (25mm).

• This table shows 2 tons of water per hour at a height of 29 meters,
• 4 tons of water per hour at a height of 26 meters
• At a height of 16 meters, it appears to be able to deliver 8 tons of water per hour.

3 HP Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps

Common features of 3 Hp centrifugal pumps are that they usually have cast casing, inlet and outlet sizes are 1.1/2 inch-1.1/4 inch, they can suction from a maximum depth of 7 meters, they can be used with hot water.

Let’s look at this graph together for 2CP25/14 A;

• 2.4 tons of water per hour at a height of 60 meters
• 4.2 tons per hour at a height of 50 meters
• It can pump 5.3 tons of water per hour to a height of 40 meters.

5.5 HP Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps

This type of pumps

• Agricultural (drip and flood) irrigation
• Discharging water with little contaminated puddles
• For small-scale irrigation
• They are used for high flow rate water needs.
• The inlet and outlet are 2 inches and above.

Again, starting from the curve, per hour

• 10 tons of water at a height of 28 meters,
• 30 tons of water at a height of 25 meters,
• It can deliver 55 tons of water at a height of 15 meters.

10 HP Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps

These pumps have larger inlet and outlet. Therefore, they are used in places where more water is needed.

Finally, I leave it to you to interpret this picture.

As you can see, pumps can pump different amounts of water at different heights. It is useful to take the value closest to the standard. There are many values for proper pump selection. You can read our article How to Choose a Centrifugal Pump?

Prices of Irrigation Pumps

Prices for irrigation pumps vary according to brand, model and features.

Let’s compare two pumps of the same brand.

LEO ACm25 Santrifüj Pompa 220V 80 l/dk 17 mss	LEO AC150BF2 Santrifüj Pump 380V 500 l/dk 22 mss
0,3 Hp	2 Hp
Input:1″(25mm) Output:1″(25mm)	Input:2″(50mm) Output:2″(50mm)
16.5 meters: 6 tons of water	20.5 meter 12 tons su (10 meter 6 tons water )
9.5 meter 4.5 tons su	9.5 meter the 30 tons su

• In areas such as greenhouses with a slightlylarger scale, irrigation pumps between 3 Hp and 10 Hp can be preferred.

• The needs of large agricultural lands will also be greater. For example, strawberry fields, fields where fruits and vegetables are grown, 10 Hp and above are used in acres of land.

As a result, if you still have difficulties, you can call us at Kampa Whatsapp and get ideas.

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