Experimental research of equipment for burying in the ground the drip irrigation lines

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences Vol. 286; p. 3011
• Main Authors: Manea, Dragoș, Marin, Eugen, Gheorghe, Gabriel, Persu, Cătălin, Mitroi, Roxana
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2021
• Subjects: Crops; Drip irrigation; Experimental research; Geographical coordinates; Irrigation; Power consumption; Research projects; Root zone; Soil compaction; Soil moisture; Soil structure; Soil testing; Soil water; Technology; Traction; Traction force; Water depth; Work capacity
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2555-0403; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202128603011

The equipment for burying in the ground the drip irrigation lines was designed and built at INMA Bucharest, within a complex research project carried out in partnership with other institutes, universities and research stations in Romania. The equipment is intended for drip irrigation technology for field crops. Subsurface crop irrigation technology is a variant of the classic drip irrigation technology, in which the drip lines are buried below the soil surface, providing water directly to the root zone of the plants. The depth of burial and the distance between the drip lines depends on the type of soil and the structure of the roots of the crop. The activities prior to the experimental research consisted in determining the characteristics of the test field (soil compactness, soil moisture, geographical coordinates of location). Experimental research of the equipment aimed at determining the energy indices (working speed, traction force, traction power, working capacity and fuel consumption).