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Ch-4 Furrow Excercise

This document provides an example calculation to determine: (1) the desired time to cut-off irrigation (Tco = 1143 minutes), (2) the equivalent depths of surface runoff (dro = 120mm) and deep percolation (ddp = 5mm), and (3) the distribution pattern efficiency (ed = 37.5%) for a maize field with given intake family, furrow length, slope, roughness, net irrigation depth, inflow rate, and crop spacing. A series of equations are used to calculate the advance time, net infiltration time, average infiltration, and other variables needed to solve for the requested parameters.

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Ch-4 Furrow Excercise

This document provides an example calculation to determine: (1) the desired time to cut-off irrigation (Tco = 1143 minutes), (2) the equivalent depths of surface runoff (dro = 120mm) and deep percolation (ddp = 5mm), and (3) the distribution pattern efficiency (ed = 37.5%) for a maize field with given intake family, furrow length, slope, roughness, net irrigation depth, inflow rate, and crop spacing. A series of equations are used to calculate the advance time, net infiltration time, average infiltration, and other variables needed to solve for the requested parameters.

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PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SURFACE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Example: Given the following information,


Intake family, IF = 0.3
Furrow length, L = 275m
Furrow slope, s = 0.004 m/m
Roughness coefficient, n = 0.04
Net irrigation depth, in = 75mm
Inflow rate, Q = 0.6 l/s
Crop : Maize
Spacing, W : 0.75m
Compute
A. the desired time to cut–off, Tco ,
B. the equivalent depths of surface run off and deep percolation, dro, ddp,
C. the distribution pattern efficiency.
Soln:

For IF = 0.3 , a = 0.9246 , b= 0.720 , c= 7.0 , f = 7.61 g =1.904*10-4

i. Advance time Tt

x  gx  275m  (1.904 *10  4 ) * 275 


Tt = exp  0.5  = exp    144 min
f  QS  7.61  0. 60. 004 0.5

= 36.1367*exp(0.05236/0.03795) = 36.1367*3.9737=143.6=144min

ii. Adjusted wetted perimeter , P


0.425
 Qn 
0.425
 0.6 * 0.04 
P = 0.265  0.5   0.227 = 0.265 
0.5 
 0.227  0.40m
S   0. 004  

iii. Net Infiltration time , Tn


1 1
  w  b
  0.75m   0.720
 i n    C   75mm 0.4m   7.0 
 p  
Tn =   =    999 min
 a   0 .925 
   
   
= (133.625/0.925)^(1/0.2) = 144.459^(1/0.72)= 999.19=999min

A. Design cut-off time , Tco


Tco = Tt + Tn = 144 + 999 = 1143 min. (19.05hr)
A. Gross application depth , Ig

Ig =
60Q Tco 
=

60 0.6 l
s

1143 min 
 199.51mm  200mm
WL 0.75m * 275m

B. Average infiltration Time , TO-L


0.0929 gx
To-L = Tco - 2
  1exp( )  1 where  
 0.305  QS 0.5
f ( x) 
 x 
gx 0.0001904 * 275
 0.5
  0.05236 / 0.03795  1.37971
QS = 0.6 * 0.004 0.5

0.0929 0.0929
 2
  1exp( )  1  2
* 1.38  1 exp(1.38)  1
 0.305   0.305 *1.38 
f ( x)  7.61 * 275
 x   275 
0.0929
 * 0.38 * 3.9749  1  18.959 * 2.5105  47.597  47.6 min
0.0049

Substituting for all the variables

 The average infiltration opportunity time over distance x down the furrow

To-L = 1143 – 47.6 = 1095.4 app = 1095min.

C. - Average infiltration , iavg


b
iavg = ( aTO  L  c)
p
W

= 0.92461095  7.0
0.72 0.40
0.75

 79.82  80mm

 Hence the average infiltration depth along the furrow is 80mm

D. Surface runoff depth , dro


dro = ig – iavg = 200mm – 80mm = 120mm
 Hence the amount of water lost from the furrow is 120mm

E. Deep percolation depth , ddp


ddp = iavg – in = 80mm-75mm = 5mm of water drained below crop root zone

F. Distribution pattern efficiency , ed,


i 75mm
ed = n * 100 = * 100%  37.5%
ig 200mm

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