CHAPTER -3
Drip Design Procedure
3.1 Crop Water Requirements
he primary objective is to know the water
at of erops are determined either by
In designing an imgation syste
requirement of crops, Water requuren
field cultivation or by estum
Such as Blaney Crnddle, radiation, Penman or pan evaporation method
Definitions
yi Temay be de
Crop water requirement or evapotranspiration (ET
as the rate of evapotranspiration of a disease free crop sowing aia theld of not
tat full
Tess than one hectare uncer adequate fertility and waver supply
productive potential can be achieved in prevailing environment
Evapotranspiration requirement ot a op refers the ET and expressed an
munday
Reference crop evapotranspiration (FT, 1: [Le cate of evapotranspiration
from an extended surface of Sto [Sem tall green gross of unstonn height
actively growing, completely shachng the ground and rot short ot watet. ET
he empirical formulae snd meteorological data for
may be computed by us
the specific period i
Crop coefficient (K,): Its the ratio of crop evapotransjaratton, ET und the
reference crop evapotranspiration, ET. when both apply to large tield under
‘optimum growth condition
y used to mrigate orchard or
Ground Cover: Pap irrigation systers is m
109 crops. At the soung stage of crops the mast of fields remain unshaded
more uswal 10 wide spaced crops. During this perio! thers is litte toss 0f water
in the form of evaporation and transpiratlon from the unsha
Is im Surface or sprinkler irigation, Thus
occur consider
in crops in conventional method includes the non-benefictDrip and Sprinkler Iigation|
transpiration from the unshaded or uncovered areas 1 the fie. This is taken
tito account in calculating the water requirement of erop in drip irrigation and
ts modified by introducing the reduction factor called ground coverage factor
(6). The method of accurate estimation of x, itll to be developed. However
the following relationships may be used for approximate estimation ie which
the sround cover, GC, is the fraction of the total surface area actually covered
by the foliage ofthe plants when viewed from directly above (FAOW1980)
1 tran Kame (1978
Lye) : i
in GC)or I ichever the salle i
The value of 0.10 includes the oasis effect, which 1s very important when the
overage is small
With the consideration of above terms and relationships. the water requirement
cof ecop in drip irrigation is
EP =K xk xET, Ray
We know the pan evaporation (E,.)is very elose to ET. Therefore, ET otter
estimated by a multipheation factor catled pan factor 1K +t E Theretor
the Fy. becomes,
FT, = Ky xk aK ab aS
Example 3.1 The following are the pan evaporations (F,,.), reference ctop
evapotranspirations (ET, and crop coefficients of af arbitrary Focation
and crop.
May, June og Sep Oet_ Nov Des
Bommity 262 Sroay a
Wisma UTS pon sa 328 aT S28 ‘|
no Design Procedure
Determine the K, valles and water requirement of crop (ET) at different
months. Assume 4S*e ssound coverage from January to March and 60% tor
the remaining months
Solution: Using Deeror assunption,
K,=014G¢
= 0.14085
= 0.88, when GC is 45%
& = 0,140.65 117. when GC is 60%.
EP, many month = KK, xK XBT,
ET = @7xD.6W5S
0.58 mm
ths or calculate an tiated as below:
Is the ET, of whe
han Fe Mar April May June July Aug. Sep Oct Nov Dee
Fo mmiy 25 26 41 43 S282 S149 48 aS
bteamiay 178 (9 19 325 41 42 39 37 3328 19 18
0.76 0.79 O81 0.76 0.76 069 OS 6x 067
k ay oars
a 06 Nu 07 075 OR OX 09 09 08 07 D6 06
‘ uss os6 ss 07 07 07 07 07 07:07 OF OF
Ht jmmiday 058 O08 LIS 17223 236 244 238 1.85 137
Example 3.2 The following information were obtained in a research of papaya
cultivation under drip inigation at Gayeshpur, West Bengal (Biswas etal, 1999);
vf a plant was determined by, V= Ex K, x Kx A
The daily requiremens
Where.
V = volume of « ater applied to each plant, Vday
E.,, = pan evaporation x 1.0, 0.8 and 0.6 atthe irigation fevel off, 1, and
respectively. mnvday
PPPPPPPPPNAID HD ODN ARAAAO
+- ip and Sprinter Ingation
ctor (assumed 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2 at 4-6, 9 and 10-12 months
Fespectvely of the crop age
K,= pan factor =0.8
AS area under a plant
‘Yield = 36225, 40200. 38550 and 31200kgiha tor, 1.1, and conventional
‘method of irrigation respectively
2) Determine the volume of water applied at each plant at different irrigation
levels for a pan evaporation of Smm in 4 day at $” month of cxop age