Duration
13h Th, 20h Pr, 3h FT
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Crop water needs: soil, plant and estimation of evapotranspiration
Irrigation scheduling
Measurement of crop water needs: classical and innovative methods
Water in the world
Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
Drip irrigation
Drip irrigation systems and material disposition
Crops water needs for drip irrigation
Network design
Related equipments
Network and irrigated material survey
Irrigation system management
Soil salinity
Origins and consequences
Technics against salinity
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Surface, drip and sprinkling irrigation engeneering formation
After completing the course the student is expected to
- understand the hydraulic functioning of soil and plant and how they interact
- compute and measure crop water needs
- provide irrigation scheduling
- use electrical resistivity tomography to study the soil-plant continuum
- Understand the working process and the design of the different irrigation systems (surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation).
- Understand, evaluate and manage a problem of salinity.
- Incorporate social and cultural aspects in irrigation management
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Plant physiology - Introduction to bioclimatology - Edaphology - Hydrology - Applied fluid mechanics - Transport and distribution of fluids
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
*online course (MOOC) *computer calculations *irrigation game *literature *workshops *excursion *project *discussions
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face + distance-learning. Course given on 2 sites (GxABT + UCL)
Recommended or required readings
- ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ECAMPUS
- MOOC: https://www.fun-mooc.fr
Assessment methods and criteria
CONTINUOUS EVALUATION Storyboard for film on selected subject related to irrigation Report exercises Project (working installation + critical report)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Course given on 2 sites. Transport to be organized by the students themselves.
Contacts
JAVAUX Mathieu
ELIE
Croix du Sud 2/L7.05.02
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
mathieu.javaux@uclouvain.be
+32 10 47 37 08
GARRE Sarah (sabbatical leave)
Bât. 2 Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
AgricultureIsLife
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux+32 (0)81.62.21.62
sarah.garre@ulg.ac.be
MALOTEAU Sophie
vincent.cantreul@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
MOOC Irrigation (FUN platform) with live Q&A session
Drainage course divided into video pieces of ca. 10 min
Automated irrigation project:
- control unit and sensors connected to the web, data continuously available on virtual server
- collaborative programming of the automated system through the WatWall project on GitHub
- possibility of one live team per week with technician and/or teacher
- exercise sessions with podcast, statement and 'live Q&A'.
- excursion replaced by a videoconference with Dr. Pieter Janssens
Assessment subjects
- MOOC -> eCampus questionnaire
- Project -Individual presentations on the progress of the project during the semester -Final project report
- Exercise sessions (aquacrop, drainage, pressure drop) -> report
Assessment methods
eCampus Questionnaire
Exercise session Reports
Project Report
Individual presentation of project progress
Contacts
Slack
eCampus