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| HYDR0004-1 | Irrigation
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Dimitri Xanthoulis |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 1) Crops water needs
Evaporation and evapotranspiration
Irrigation agriculturals yields tests
Examples of irrigation systems
2) Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
3) Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
4) Drip irrigation
Drip irrigation systems and material disposition
Crops water needs for drip irrigation
Network design
Related equipments
Network and irrigated material survey |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Surface, drip and sprinkling irrigation engeneering formation
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Calculate the crop water needs
- Understand the relations between water, soil and plant
- Understand the working process and the design of the different irrigation systems (surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| -- MF201 - Fluid mechanics |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 24h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Cursus notes
- WALKER W.R., SKOGERBOE G.V. : Surface irrigation , theory and practice, 1987
- Traité d'irrigation, Tiercelin, ed. Lavoisier Paris: Ouvrage collectif de 63 auteurs. 1998. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) |
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Contacts :
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| XANTHOULIS Dimitri
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622186
D.Xanthoulis@ulg.ac.be |
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