Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation_Inact

by Ranajit Kumar Biswas

ISBN: 9789351244516
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5700.00
Biblio : 284 pages,figures,tables,exmples,equations,12colour plates,25cm

Author Profile

R. K. Biswas: Professor and Head, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidayalaya, District Nadia, West Bengal

About The Book

The book Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation is intended as a text book of micro irrigation design and practices for the students of the agricultural sciences and the professionals and workers in the field of micro irrigation. The book discusses the type and components, hydraulics and design, installation and maintenance of micro irrigation system. It contains good number of numerical as example and task to get the students familiar to the requirements, complicacies, and possible remedies in actual working condition. In addition to conventional broad and short questions in every chapter of the book there are multiple choice questions to assist the students in preparing the competitive examinations.

Table of Contents

"Preface 1. Drip Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Histories and Development 1.3 Components of Drip Irrigation System 1.4 Types of Drip System 1.5 Advantages and Disadvantages 1.6 Evaluation and Futuristic Approach of Drip Irrigation in India Questions & Problems References 2. Hydraulics of Flow Regime 2.1 Reynolds Number 2.2 Darcy-Weisbach Equation 2.3 Hazen-William Formula 2.4 Hydraulic Characteristics of Distributors 2.5 Manufacturing Variation of Distributors 2.6 Irrigation Uniformity and Efficiency Questions and Problems References 3. Drip Design Procedure 3.1 Crop Water Requirements 3.2 Water Distribution in Soils and Wetting Pattern 3.3 Selection of Number of Distributors per Plant 3.4 System Capacity Questions & Problems References 4. Design of Pipe Network 4.1 Hydraulic Formulae/Head Losses in Pipes 4.2 Lateral Design 4.3 Sub-main Design 4.4 Design Charts 4.5 Main Line Design 4.6 Farm Drip System Design Examples Questions & Problems References 5. Distributors 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 Types of Distributors Questions and Problems References 6. Fertilization 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fertilizers in Drip Fertigation 6.3 Drip Fertigation Systems 6.4 Rate of Fertilizer Application Questions and Problems References 7. Low Cost Drip System 7.1 Drip Network 7.2 Performance of the Drip System Questions and Problems References 8. Sprinkler Irrigation 8.1 History of Sprinkler Irrigation 8.2 Advantage and Limitations of Sprinkler Irrigation 8.3 Scope of Sprinkler Irrigation in India 8.4 Type of Sprinkler System and Components 8.5 Design of Sprinkler Irrigation System Questions and Problems References Appendix H: Friction Head Loss in Irrigation Pipes Index"