Development of a farm scale agricultural water sprinkler for crop irrigation.

ABSTRACT

Agriculture is one of the Philippines’ most important sectors, and traditional irrigation systems such as pales, buckets, and water hoses are still used to water plants. Watering the plants in the current method is time consuming, labor intensive, and inefficient. This study enhanced the design of a travelling water gun sprinkler mounted in a motorized watering cart in which it is reeled back to the source while watering the plants evenly and effectively. The sprinkler system was found to cover 129.33 m2 in.17.34 minutes per run with volumetric flow rate of 27.80 L/min. Compared to the traditional watering system, it is discovered that 14.95 percent of water is conserved, and 61.47 percent of time is saved. The catch can test was used to assess the uniformity of sprinkler system and yielded Christiansen coefficient of uniformity (CU) of 94.74% and Distribution Uniformity (DU) of 96.69%, which describes good sprinkler system.

Keywords: Agriculture, Water Sprinkler, Crop Irrigation

Citation:

Atienza, A.H., Basbas U., Goguanco, J., Velandres, P. (2023). Development of a farm scale agricultural water sprinkler for crop irrigation. AIP Publishing, AIP Conf. Proc. 2482, 110003 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113895