Problem Solver
Sajive Kayalampallath Sambukumaran
Areas Sajive Kayalampallath Sambukumaran is Knowledgeable in:
Basic interests in science and technology. Development of agriculture and its effective distribution. Biogas plants and solar energy production and effective utilization. I hope to solve every problem by developing these resources.
Techniques Sajive Kayalampallath Sambukumaran Uses:
Specially designed basin like small tanks for irrigation to plants and trees made out of ferrocement or any suitable material which is buried under ground to hold water inside. The water level is maintained up to the edge of the tank using a float valve. A specially designed ring with smaller diameter to the tank is submerged with its 1/3rd portion into the tank which rests on supports leaving sufficient space in between the tank and the ring. The top of the ring comes above the ground level. The bottom of the tank and to the outer sides of ring is filled with river sand. So the centre of the tank is always filled with water and towards its sides in between the ring with river sand. Water from the centre always keeps the sand wet through capillary action. As the roots are hydrotropic they will be attracted towards the source of water and it approaches the sand to absorb water. Excess root growth if any can be observed from the top of the ring above ground level and can be cleared as and when necessary to prevent clogging if it happens. This helps for automatic irrigation of plants with less labour intensive, minimum loss of water and maximize production. This is an effortless irrigation technique.
Sajive Kayalampallath Sambukumaran's Problem Solving Skills:
- Agriculture
Sajive Kayalampallath Sambukumaran's Problem Solving Experience:
- I have worked in new product development. Experimented with some disposed plastic bottles and plastic gunnies connected with pvc pipes which carries water from a clay basin fitted with a float valve over on my house terrace and grown some plants in plastic gunnies and found to be successful.
- Experimented with some disposed plastic bottles connected with PVC pipes between them serially to their mouth end,leaving sufficient distance between them for planting plants. The PVC pipes are fixed firmly to the mouth of the bottles using cloth and cement and made it water proof. Removed the bottom end of the plastic bottles and inserted another PVC pipe pieces of a meter long to each bottles. This PVC pipes are about half the diameter to the bottom end of the bottles. Then filled the gap between the wall of the bottles and pipes with river sand. This unit is buried under ground so as to see the pipes which is inserted through the bottom end are visible outside. Near to that area plants are planted. The whole system is connected to a small tank connected with a float valve. Water is supplied through a pipe from the main line to the float valve.
I have planted some plantations, tomatoes, chillies and some other plants and found to be successful.