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Field evaluation of a prototype self-drawn sprinkler irrigation

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Soils and Water, and Agricultural Engineering

Abstract

In Egypt, surface irrigation methods are commonly used to grow crops to meet the demand of the ever-increasing population. A big share of water is lost in agriculture during conventional means of irrigation. A sprinkler is one of the methods of irrigation water applications that can bring more efficiency. The main aim of this research was to field evaluation of a prototype self-drawn sprinkler irrigation to fit the conditions of the Egyptian agriculture. The field experiments were conducted in Aswan University Stadium, Egypt.  The sprinkler was tested by using a nozzle that has rated discharge of 11.3 m3/h under three forward speed 0.02, 0.03 and 0.04 km/hr. The results indicated that the percentage increase in moisture content was 43, 32 and 24% for travel speeds S1, S2 and S3, respectively. The uniformity and distribution coefficients as well as depth of water application were lower at the end, the highest and lowest values of Cu were 72.45 % and 56.16% and the highest and lowest values of Du were 60.40% and 40.66 % for nozzle for different speeds, the throw range 48 m for nozzle 12 mm at 4 bars. Non-uniform water application leads to over or under irrigation in various parts of the field which can result in wasted water and energy.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2022.245470

Keywords

sprinkler gun, irrigation prototypes, Evaluation, distribution uniformity

Authors

First Name

M.

Last Name

Rayan

MiddleName

B.

Affiliation

Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

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First Name

S.

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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First Name

R.

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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ragabkassem.50@azhar.edu.eg

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First Name

H.

Last Name

Taraby

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H. H.

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Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

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Receive Date

2022-02-13

Publish Date

2022-04-01

Page Start

185

Page End

194

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2535-1680

Online ISSN

2535-1699

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/article_245470.html

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Research article

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764

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Publication Title

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Field evaluation of a prototype self-drawn sprinkler irrigation

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22 Jan 2023