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Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sprinkler Irrigation of Potato Processing Waste for Treatment and Disposal on Land [PDF]

open access: yes, 1975
Potato processing and other food industries discharge large volumes of waste water generally characterized by high chemical oxygen demand (COD), large amounts of suspended solids, and various inorganic constituents including nitrogen and phosphorus (1, 2,
Smith, J.H.
core  

Análisis técnico-económico para selección de aspersores Technical and economical analysis for sprinkler selection

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2007
El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar los antecedentes técnicos y económicos que deben ser considerados para la selección de aspersores. Para llevar a cabo el proceso se realizó el análisis de diversos factores tales como, velocidad de aplicación ...
Eduardo A. Holzapfel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of evapotranspiration during sprinkler irrigation using a precision energy budget (Bowen ratio, eddy covariance) methodology

open access: yes, 2013
Eddy covariance (ECV) is a micrometeorological mass transfer method for measuring evapotranspiration (ET) which has been used successfully for the last decade to measure evapotranspiration from natural and agricultural plant communities. However, no such
Foley, J. P.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Design of Hybrid Sprinkler: The IOT-Powered Robot for Watering Plants [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences
Innovative methods for watering plants have been developed as a result of the growing demand for efficient and automated systems in agriculture. The design of a hybrid sprinkler, an IoT-powered robot created specifically for effective and precise plant ...
KA Jayasheel Kumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRECISION IRRIGATION – STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF RECLAMATION

open access: yesНаучный журнал Российского НИИ проблем мелиорации, 2020
Purpose: to analyze domestic and foreign experience in the application of systems or individual elements of precision irrigation. The analysis of literary sources, scientific and technical information on the development and use in agricultural production
S. M. Vasilyev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Irrigation Scheduling on Corn Yield and Water Balance in Sandy Soils of Central Minnesota Using the EPIC Model.

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient irrigation scheduling is critical in sandy soils to achieve optimum yield and maximum net benefit with minimum environmental concerns. The Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model was used to study the impacts of autoirrigation of corn on crop yield and soil water balance during 2019–2021 at −300 and −450 kPa for loamy ...
Muhammad Tahir   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of a Sprinkler on Evacuation Dynamics in Fire

open access: yesComputation, 2015
A fire in an enclosed space, such as a room in a building, is generally called a compartment fire. To prevent the compartment fire, a sprinkler for first-aid fire-fighting is installed in rooms.
Kazuhiro Yamamoto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

. Energy resource efficient designs of small-sized devices for recycled water cooling

open access: yesНанотехнологии в строительстве, 2020
To use natural sources in rational way, plantsof continuous cooling of closed systems of recycling water supply are used. The paper presents designs of small-sized devices for recycling water cooling which are energy resource effective due to twisted ...
Kristina Y. Bondar
doaj   +1 more source

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