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New model for sustainable management of pressurized irrigation networks. Application to Bembézar MD irrigation

M T Carrillo Cobo1, E Camacho Poyato1, P Montesinos1

  • 1Department of Agronomy, University of Córdoba, Campus Rabanales, Edif. da Vinci, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.

The Science of the Total Environment
|December 24, 2013
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Keywords:
A(c)Actual evapotranspiration (mmday(−1))Annual Relative Irrigation Supply per cropApplication efficiencyArea of each crop (c) (ha)Average price per crop (c) (€kg(−1))CCarbon footprintConveyance efficiencyCrop indexDaily irrigation need per crop (c) and per month (m) (Lha(−1)day(−1))Daily irrigation need per hydrant (i) and per month (m) (mm)E(T)ET(a)ET(m)Effective rainfall (mmday(−1))Energy efficiencyEnergy price (€kWh(−1))Evapotranspiration in no water stress conditions (mmday(−1))Evolutionary algorithmsHIN(cm)IN(im)IrrigationIrrigation area associated with each hydrant (i) (ha)Month indexN(c)N(m)Number of crops in the study areaNumber of months of the irrigation seasonP(e)Potential yield without limitations of water (kg)Power requirements at the pumping station in month (m) (kW)Power(m)Pr(E)Pr(c)Pressure head at the pumping station (m)Pumping system efficiencyRIS(c)S(i)SustainabilityTotal energy consumed (kWh)V(m)Volume of water pumped per month (m) (m(3))Water managementWater specific weight (Nm(−3))Y(a)Y(m)Yield response factorYield under actual conditions (kg)d(m)day of each month (day)e(a)e(c)k(y)mγη

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