Design and Performance Analysis of Low Pressure Irrigation Distribution Systems |
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Authors: | LS Pereira MJ Calejo N Lamaddalena A Douieb R Bounoua |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Agricultural Engineering Research, Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal;(2) CIHEAM, Bari Institute, Bari, Italy;(3) Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal |
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Abstract: | Low-pressure pipe distribution systems forsurface irrigation provide both off- andon-farm recognized environmental benefits.However, expected benefits can only beattained when adequacy, dependability andequity of systems are high enough tosupport appropriate conditions for wateruse on the farm. An innovative methodologyfor design and analysis is proposed anddescribed, which includes the generation ofthe demand at the scale of the distributionsystem and, consequently, the generation ofthe flow regimes expected during a givenperiod of time, generally the peak month.These flow regimes are utilized for theoptimization of pipe sizes using theiterative discontinuous method for severalflow regimes. The performance analysis isdeveloped through the system simulationwith several flow regimes, which allow thecomputation of the system adequacy,dependability and equity. An application toone sector of the Sorraia irrigation systemillustrates the usefulness of themethodology proposed. |
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Keywords: | adequacy dependability design equity generation of farm demand low-pressure distributors pipe size optimization simulation |
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