Analysis of the use of aluminum pipes for irrigation as an electrical conduit for an underground installation

Abstract

In the present work, the feasibility of using aluminum pipes for irrigation in agricultural fields for reuse on a farm as underground canalization is analyzed. Due to the need to have a group of grain mills, it is necessary to build a new electrical branch in the installation, and due to limitations it is essential that the new pipeline be buried. Therefore, the finite element method is used to analyze the behavior of three conductors within the aluminum duct. Taking into account the effects of the magnetic field in the aluminum material and the eddy currents that are formed, which increase the losses in the energy distribution. The analysis of the behavior of electrical losses within the pipeline, it was studied how the proximity of the conductors to the pipe wall affects and the changing the distribution of the conductors inside the pipe was also verified.

Keywords

• duct;eddy currents;finite element method; loss energy; material reuse.