scholarly journals Effects of drip irrigation circuit design and lateral line lengths: I—On pressure and friction loss

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tayel ◽  
David Lightfoot ◽  
Hani Mansour
Author(s):  
Vijay Sahu ◽  
Jeet Raj ◽  
Sanket Kolambe ◽  
. Aman

A technical report was conducted for checking performance assessment of drip irrigation system which was used for cultivating tomato in premises of the Centre of Excellence Protected Cultivation, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). A uniformity coefficient was found for drip irrigation system which ranges from 73.2 % to 83.6%. The coefficient of variance varies between 0.0055 to 0.0068 for the measured discharges of four laterals laid in the field. It shows that there is the least variation between the obtained flow rates of different laterals under study. The application efficiency of four different lateral lines operating at a pressure of 1.25 kg/cm2 was calculated and it found to be more than 90.00 %, excluding lateral line (L2). Almost same amount of flow variation (8-9%) is found in lateral lines L1, L3 and L4, although Lateral line (L2) discharges 11.00 % more water among others. The maximum flow variation was found for the lateral line (L3) and the least flow variation was for the lateral line (L1). The distribution efficiency of all the laterals was found more than 97.45 %.


1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1274-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent F. Bralts ◽  
I-Pai Wu ◽  
Harris M. Gitlin
Keyword(s):  

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 531-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tayel ◽  
David Lightfoot ◽  
Hani Mansour

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 730-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisson Jadavi Pereira da Silva ◽  
Eugênio Ferreira Coelho ◽  
Jarbas Honorio de Miranda ◽  
Stephen Ray Workman

The objective of this work was to evaluate root and water distribution in irrigated banana (Musa sp.), in order to determine the water application efficiency for different drip irrigation emitter patterns. Three drip emitter patterns were studied: two 4-L h-1 emitters per plant (T1), four 4-L h-1 emitters per plant (T2), and five 4-L h-1 emitters per plant (T3). The emitters were placed in a lateral line. In the treatment T3, the emitters formed a continuous strip. The cultivated area used was planted with banana cultivar BRS Tropical, with a 3-m spacing between rows and a 2.5-m spacing between plants. Soil moisture and root length data were collected during the first production cycle at five radial distances and depths, in a 0.20x0.20 m vertical grid. The experiment was carried out in a sandy clay loam Xanthic Hapludox. Soil moisture data were collected every 10 min for a period of five days using TDR probes. Water application efficiency was of 83, 88 and 92% for the systems with two, four and five emitters per plant, respectively. It was verified that an increase in the number of emitters in the lateral line promoted better root distribution, higher water extraction, and less deep percolation losses.


Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2285
Author(s):  
Guo

Root intrusion into emitters poses a threat to the lifespan of subsurface drip irrigation systems. In an attempt to address this problem, an experiment was conducted on spring wheat (Mengmai 30) grown in soil columns installed in a greenhouse to study the effects of lateral line depths to reduce root intrusion into emitters. The soil columns are rectangular containers, and the dimensions were 15 cm, 60 cm, 100 cm. The soil matric potential at a 20 cm depth immediately over (lateral line depth <20 cm), under (lateral line depth >20 cm), or next to (lateral line depth = 20 cm) the drip emitters was used to schedule the subsurface drip irrigation regime. Five different lateral line depths, with depths of 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 cm, were maintained. The lateral line depths influenced the spring wheat root distribution, emitter flow rate, root intrusion, and spring wheat yield and quality. Results indicated that the shallower the lateral line depth, the more root was distributed in the surface layer. Root density values increased with soil depth. The emitter flow rate (eventual flow rate divided by the initial flow rate) increased as the lateral line depth decreased. All the treatments had root intrusion except 50 cm treatment. Root intrusion increased as the lateral line depth decreased. The lowest root intrusion rate (0%) was achieved with a lateral line depth of 50 cm. The greatest relative yield was achieved with a lateral line depth of 30 cm. After root intrusion and yield were both considered, the lateral line depth of 30–40 cm was a better choice.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAO CARLOS CURY SAAD ◽  
RAFAEL LUDWIG ◽  
JOAO CARLOS CURY SAAD ◽  
RAFAEL LUDWIG

1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 0675-0685 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. p. Wu ◽  
H. M. Gitlin

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document