Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems
Center pivot and linear move irrigation systems’ design and operation are primarily limited by soil infiltration rates. Surface runoff can be a problem on some soils whose in-take rates are low. Additional design and management factors must be considered to prevent runoff in these systems. Boom syst...
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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
2014
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| author | Nakawuka, Prossie Okwany, Romulus O. Peters, R.T. Desta, K. Sadeghi, H. |
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| description | Center pivot and linear move irrigation systems’ design and operation are primarily limited by soil infiltration rates. Surface runoff can be a problem on some soils whose in-take rates are low. Additional design and management factors must be considered to prevent runoff in these systems. Boom systems have been suggested to decrease runoff by reducing the water application rate of center pivots and linear move systems. In this study, runoff from plots irrigated with typical in-line sprinklers was compared to runoff from plots irrigated with off-set boom systems. Both inline sprinkler drops and the boom systems were fitted on the same linear move system. Sprinkler nozzle type and size was the same for both in-line drops and the off-set boom drops. Runoff was measured for five irrigation events applied on bare soil during three weeks in October 2013. Differences in runoff between the drop types were significant for the second, third, fourth, and fifth irrigation events. In-line drops generated between 3% and 24% more runoff than the boom systems during the test period. Runoff as a percentage of irrigation water applied increased with each irrigation event for both drop types. The increase however was higher for the in-line drops than for the boom systems. Increase in runoff with increase in sprinkler irrigation events was mainly attributed to soil surface sealing which resulted from sprinkler drop impact. |
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| spelling | CGSpace584282025-06-17T08:23:20Z Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems Nakawuka, Prossie Okwany, Romulus O. Peters, R.T. Desta, K. Sadeghi, H. irrigation systems sprinkler irrigation soils infiltration surface runoff water conservation Center pivot and linear move irrigation systems’ design and operation are primarily limited by soil infiltration rates. Surface runoff can be a problem on some soils whose in-take rates are low. Additional design and management factors must be considered to prevent runoff in these systems. Boom systems have been suggested to decrease runoff by reducing the water application rate of center pivots and linear move systems. In this study, runoff from plots irrigated with typical in-line sprinklers was compared to runoff from plots irrigated with off-set boom systems. Both inline sprinkler drops and the boom systems were fitted on the same linear move system. Sprinkler nozzle type and size was the same for both in-line drops and the off-set boom drops. Runoff was measured for five irrigation events applied on bare soil during three weeks in October 2013. Differences in runoff between the drop types were significant for the second, third, fourth, and fifth irrigation events. In-line drops generated between 3% and 24% more runoff than the boom systems during the test period. Runoff as a percentage of irrigation water applied increased with each irrigation event for both drop types. The increase however was higher for the in-line drops than for the boom systems. Increase in runoff with increase in sprinkler irrigation events was mainly attributed to soil surface sealing which resulted from sprinkler drop impact. 2014-10-27 2015-03-17T14:39:58Z 2015-03-17T14:39:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58428 en Open Access American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Nakawuka, Prossie; Okwany, Romulus O.; Peters, R. T.; Desta, K.; Sadeghi, H. 2014. Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 30(5):797-801. doi: https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.30.10540 |
| spellingShingle | irrigation systems sprinkler irrigation soils infiltration surface runoff water conservation Nakawuka, Prossie Okwany, Romulus O. Peters, R.T. Desta, K. Sadeghi, H. Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title | Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title_full | Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title_short | Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| title_sort | efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems |
| topic | irrigation systems sprinkler irrigation soils infiltration surface runoff water conservation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58428 |
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