EXTENDED ABSTRACT The aim of this study was the optimization of pressurized irrigation networks using conventional and fuzzy numbers. In particular, the method of dynamic programming was utilized, whose implementation required the development of a program in Visual Fortran. The program was first applied using conventional numbers in three irrigation networks in the area of Kavasila (the former ...

About 20% of the electricity produced in the world is consumed in rotary equipment for conveying fluids such as water, gas, air, and other liquids, while the loss of energy consumption in this sector is more than 60%. The aim of this study is to evaluate different efficiencies in the pumping stations in the pressurized irrigation systems to address low energy efficiency issues in the pump stati...

The small open area available at the slots of underdrains in pressurized granular bed filters for drip irrigation implies: (1) existence a region with non-uniform flow, and (2) local values modified particle Reynolds number >500. These flow conditions may disagree those accepted as valid common pressure drop-flow rate correlations proposed packed beds. Here, we carried out detailed computati...

The rapid proliferation of fertigation in modern agriculture has brought about a growing demand for factory mixed fertilizer solutions, as well as wide-scale dissolution of solid fertilizers by farmers in the field. Rules of chemistry and physics control the rate of dissolution and, hence, the nutrient content in the fertilizer solution. Potassium chloride (KCl) is the cheapest potassium-contai...