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| HYDR0004-1 | Irrigation
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Charles Debouche, Aurore Degré |
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| Coordinator : | Aurore Degré |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| 1) Crops water needs
Evaporation and evapotranspiration
Crops uptake and humidity profile in soils
Calculation of water need (quantity and periodicity)
2) Soil salinity
origins and consequences
Technics against salinity
3)Introduction to the different irrigation techniques
water distribution and impacts on soil water profile
4) Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
5) Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
6) 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
- Calculate a water distribution system (quantity and periodicity)
- Understand, evaluate and manage a problem of salinity.
- 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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| - HYDR0007 - Fluid mechanics
- HYDR0002 - water flows through soils |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| lectures
calculations on computers |
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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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| Written examination (100%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| DEGRE Aurore
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622181
Aurore.Degre@ulg.ac.be(D.Xanthoulis@ulg.ac.be) |
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