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<p>In the presented paper, we evaluated the quality of work and the economics of use of irrigation system consisting of micro-sprinklers. The experiment took place on the football field in countryside of southwest Slovakia. The original irrigation system was replaced with a modern one, using a control unit, rainfall sensor, in-ground distribution pipes and micro-sprinklers. The irrigation system consisted of components forming the main and detailed irrigation equipment for irrigating an area of 4,272 m<sup>2</sup>. The water source was a drilled well with a depth of 80 m. Detailed irrigation equipment consisted of sector micro sprinklers of two types. We monitored 13 rotary micro-sprinklers on the given playground in total. During the measurements, we proceeded according to the international standard ISO 7749-2, while the rain measuring containers were distributed into eight beams. The value of the quality of the work of individual sprinklers, expressed by the coefficient of uniformity of spraying, reached a maximum of 78.18%, but with total coverage it was higher than 90%. Anova statistical analysis did not show a significant dependence of the quality of work on the type of micro-sprinkler (for micro-sprinklers A1, A2 A3: <italic>F</italic> = 2.95, <italic>P</italic> >0.05; for micro-sprinklers B, C: <italic>F</italic> = 0.35, <italic>P</italic> >0.05). From the viewpoint of evaluating the economic return, the investment proved to return within the period of 4.2 years.</p>
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In the presented paper, we evaluated the quality of work and the economics of use of irrigation system consisting of micro-sprinklers. The experiment took place on the football field in countryside of southwest Slovakia. The original irrigation system was replaced with a modern one, using a control unit, rainfall sensor, in-ground distribution pipes and micro-sprinklers. The irrigation system consisted of components forming the main and detailed irrigation equipment for irrigating an area of 4,272 m2. The water source was a drilled well with a depth of 80 m. Detailed irrigation equipment consisted of sector micro sprinklers of two types. We monitored 13 rotary micro-sprinklers on the given playground in total. During the measurements, we proceeded according to the international standard ISO 7749-2, while the rain measuring containers were distributed into eight beams. The value of the quality of the work of individual sprinklers, expressed by the coefficient of uniformity of spraying, reached a maximum of 78.18%, but with total coverage it was higher than 90%. Anova statistical analysis did not show a significant dependence of the quality of work on the type of micro-sprinkler (for micro-sprinklers A1, A2 A3: F = 2.95, P >0.05; for micro-sprinklers B, C: F = 0.35, P >0.05). From the viewpoint of evaluating the economic return, the investment proved to return within the period of 4.2 years.

Application and Efficiency of Micro Sprinkler Irrigation

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development

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In the presented paper, we evaluated the quality of work and the economics of use of irrigation system consisting of micro-sprinklers. The experiment took...

Application and Efficiency of Micro Sprinkler Irrigation

Publicado en línea: 12 jun 2023

Páginas: 6 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0002

Palabras clave
micro-sprinkler, quality of work, irrigation, efficiency

© 2023 Ján Jobbágy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Application and Efficiency of Micro Sprinkler Irrigation

Publicado en línea: 12 jun 2023

Páginas: 6 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0002

Palabras clavemicro-sprinkler, quality of work, irrigation, efficiency

© 2023 Ján Jobbágy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
micro-sprinkler, quality of work, irrigation, efficiency