LOW COST MICROTUBE DRIP SYSTEM Presentation by J

LOW COST MICROTUBE DRIP SYSTEM Presentation by J. N. Roy

General design strategy – based on locally available components – limited skill and low capital requirements to design, service and maintain – income generation potential (cover the investment cost in one irrigation season) – available in a range of small packages (20 square meter – 1 hectare) – easy to understand, operate and maintain by unsophisticated users – work at 1 -3 meter inlet pressure head

Technical specifications Lay flat lateral tube Wall thickness - 125 + 5 microns (5 + 0. 2 mils) - 250 + 5 microns (10 + 0. 2 mils) Width 26 + 0. 5 mm Microtube emitter

Microtube length • For vegetable and regular row crop – 20 cm (8 inch) with a tight overhand knot • For lateral with double microtube – 10 cm longer than half the row width • Horticulture – 1 to 1. 5 meter (3. 3 – 5 feet) • No of microtube per horticulture crop (1 microtube for banana & papaya, 4 microtubes for citrus) • Inlet end of microtube pointing downwards

Inlet pressure head 1 -3 meters Lateral length • Maximum 50 meter from one end • Submain - both flexible semi lay flat and rigid pipe Uniformity standard Uniformity of water distribution or emission uniformity (EU) used as basic measurement to measure the performance of drip irrigation system

EU is dependent on the combined effect of • Water supply head available • Elevation differences throughout the irrigated area • Friction losses • Discharge characteristics and • Manufacturers coefficient of uniformity of microtubes

§ Coefficient of variation for uniformity Measure of uniformity for post installation evaluation of low cost microtube drip system

Recommended CVU values for low cost microtube drip systems • CVU above 88 % is excellent • CVU between 88 % and 80% is good • CVU between 88 % and 72% is fair • CVU between 72 % and 62 % is marginally accepted

Low cost microtube drip lateral design The system design tables developed on the basis of following input variables • Lateral inlet pressure head • Microemitter spacing • Lateral length • Lateral drip tape inside diameter • Minor loss due to the insertion of microtube emitters into the drip tape (0. 1 meter) • Microtube emitter pressure headdischarge relation curve • Coefficient of variation of the microtube emitter, based on bench test data

Row and vegetable microtube drip-tape hydraulic design tables for laterals on zero slope Inlet Head, HL (M) Microtub e Spacing Se (cm) Lateral/Row Length 20 m Latera/Row Length 30 m QL (lpm) qa (lph) hf (m) EUL (%) 0. 50 45 60 75 90 2. 17 1. 66 1. 37 1. 12 2. 96 3. 01 3. 04 3. 06 0. 04 0. 02 0. 01 94 95 95 96 3. 04 2. 38 1. 96 1. 64 2. 72 2. 86 2. 93 2. 98 0. 11 0. 07 0. 05 0. 03 91 93 94 95 0. 75 45 60 75 90 2. 91 2. 23 1. 84 1. 51 3. 97 4. 06 4. 09 4. 12 0. 07 0. 04 0. 03 0. 02 94 95 95 96 4. 05 3. 19 2. 63 2. 20 3. 63 3. 83 3. 94 4. 01 0. 18 0. 11 0. 08 0. 06 91 93 94 95 1. 00 45 60 75 90 3. 59 2. 76 2. 28 1. 87 4. 90 5. 01 5. 06 5. 10 0. 06 0. 04 0. 03 94 95 95 96 4. 96 3. 93 3. 23 2. 72 4. 44 4. 71 4. 85 4. 94 0. 25 0. 16 0. 11 0. 08 90 93 94 94 1. 50 45 60 75 90 4. 82 3. 71 3. 07 2. 52 6. 58 6. 74 6. 81 6. 87 0. 16 0. 10 0. 07 0. 05 94 95 95 95 6. 60 5. 25 4. 34 3. 65 5. 91 6. 30 6. 50 6. 64 0. 41 0. 27 0. 19 0. 14 90 92 94 94 2. 00 45 60 75 90 5. 94 4. 58 3. 79 3. 11 8. 10 8. 32 8. 49 0. 23 0. 14 0. 10 0. 07 94 95 95 95 8. 07 6. 44 5. 34 4. 50 7. 23 7. 73 8. 01 8. 19 0. 58 0. 38 0. 27 0. 20 89 92 93 94 2. 50 45 60 75 90 6. 98 5. 39 4. 46 3. 67 9. 52 9. 79 9. 91 10. 01 0. 31 0. 19 0. 14 0. 10 94 95 95 95 9. 43 7. 55 6. 27 5. 29 8. 45 9. 06 9. 40 9. 62 0. 76 0. 50 0. 36 0. 26 89 92 93 94 3. 00 45 60 75 90 7. 96 6. 15 5. 10 4. 20 10. 86 11. 19 11. 33 11. 45 0. 39 0. 24 0. 17 0. 12 93 95 95 95 10. 71 8. 60 7. 15 6. 04 9. 59 10. 32 10. 72 10. 99 0. 94 0. 63 0. 45 0. 33 89 92 93 94 4. 00 45 60 75 90 9. 80 7. 59 6. 30 5. 19 13. 36 13. 80 13. 99 14. 15 0. 56 0. 35 0. 25 0. 18 93 94 95 95 13. 08 10. 54 8. 78 7. 44 11. 71 12. 65 13. 18 13. 53 1. 33 0. 90 0. 65 0. 48 88 91 93 94 5. 00 45 11. 51 15. 69 0. 74 93 15. 26 13. 67 1. 74 88

Latera/Row Length 40 m Latera/Row Length 50 m Inlet Head, HL (M) Microtub e Spacing Se (cm) QL (lpm) qa (lph) hf (m) EUL (%) 0. 50 45 60 75 90 3. 62 2. 95 2. 45 2. 10 2. 44 2. 65 2. 78 2. 86 0. 18 0. 13 0. 09 0. 07 87 90 92 93 3. 98 3. 34 2. 88 2. 51 2. 15 2. 41 2. 58 2. 69 0. 26 0. 19 0. 15 0. 12 81 87 89 91 0. 75 45 60 75 90 4. 78 3. 93 3. 28 2. 81 3. 22 3. 52 3. 71 3. 83 0. 30 0. 21 0. 15 0. 11 86 90 92 93 5. 22 4. 41 3. 81 3. 34 2. 82 3. 19 3. 42 3. 58 0. 41 0. 30 0. 24 0. 19 80 86 89 90 1. 00 45 60 75 90 5. 82 4. 80 4. 02 3. 45 3. 92 4. 30 4. 55 4. 71 0. 41 0. 30 0. 21 0. 16 85 89 91 93 6. 32 5. 37 4. 66 4. 06 3. 42 3. 88 4. 17 4. 38 0. 56 0. 43 0. 34 0. 27 79 85 88 90 1. 50 45 60 75 90 7. 67 6. 37 5. 36 4. 61 5. 17 5. 70 6. 07 6. 29 0. 67 0. 48 0. 35 0. 27 84 88 91 92 8. 28 7. 07 6. 16 5. 43 4. 47 5. 11 5. 52 5. 82 0. 89 0. 68 0. 55 0. 44 77 84 87 89 2. 00 45 60 75 90 9. 32 7. 77 6. 56 5. 66 6. 28 6. 96 7. 43 7. 72 0. 93 0. 68 0. 50 0. 39 83 88 90 92 10. 01 8. 59 7. 51 6. 64 5. 41 6. 21 6. 73 7. 11 1. 22 0. 95 0. 77 0. 62 76 83 86 89 2. 50 45 60 75 90 10. 83 9. 07 7. 68 6. 64 7. 30 8. 12 8. 69 9. 05 1. 20 0. 89 0. 66 0. 51 83 87 90 92 11. 60 9. 98 8. 75 7. 75 6. 27 7. 22 7. 84 8. 30 1. 57 1. 23 1. 00 0. 81 75 82 86 88 3. 00 45 60 75 90 12. 25 10. 29 8. 73 7. 56 8. 26 9. 21 9. 88 10. 30 1. 48 1. 10 0. 82 0. 64 82 87 90 92 13. 08 11. 29 9. 91 8. 79 7. 07 8. 16 8. 88 9. 42 1. 92 1. 52 1. 24 1. 01 75 82 85 88 4. 00 45 60 75 90 14. 86 12. 53 10. 67 9. 27 10. 02 11. 22 12. 08 12. 64 2. 06 1. 55 1. 16 0. 90 81 86 89 91 15. 80 13. 69 12. 06 10. 73 8. 54 9. 90 10. 80 11. 49 2. 64 2. 11 1. 73 1. 43 73 81 85 87 5. 00 45 17. 26 11. 63 2. 66 80 18. 28 9. 88 3. 37 72