Early studies showed that the irregular operations of the center pivot sprinkling system would decrease its uniformity while the reason was lack of discussion.Taking Herman-Hein uniformity coefficient(CUH)and Distribu...Early studies showed that the irregular operations of the center pivot sprinkling system would decrease its uniformity while the reason was lack of discussion.Taking Herman-Hein uniformity coefficient(CUH)and Distribution uniformity coefficient(DU)as evaluation indicators,the reason that irregular operation management and configurations can decrease the uniformity of center pivot sprinkling irrigation was discussed and the impact on maize yield was tested.The reasons for such decrease in uniformity include:(1)With the increase of moving speed,the effect of sprinkling overlaying became worse,which resulted in the lower uniformity of sprinkling irrigation;(2)With the increase of head pressure,the inlet pressure could be adjusted to the same pressure by pressure regulator,which kept the uniformity of sprinkling irrigation constant;(3)When end gun worked abnormally,total head pressure decreased,which led to the decrease of sprinkling irrigation’s uniformity;(4)When pressure regulator worked abnormally,the water flow was subject to great pressure loss,which could decrease the uniformity of sprinkling irrigation;(5)When pressure regulator was uninstalled,significant abnormality of sprinkling irrigation depth occurred,resulting in the decreasing of sprinkling irrigation’s uniformity;(6)Different types of nozzles could produce different uniformity of sprinkling irrigation,which was due to different structures of micro-nozzles;(7)Due to lower uniformity,at the seedling stage of maize,both height and seedling emergence rate decreased.Final yield decreased by 18.35%.This study is important to the proper use and the improvement of configuration selection and field management of center pivot sprinkling system.展开更多
Coal is the major source of power in India and world over.Coal mining is an essential industry which has a major role in the economic development of the country.Most major mining activities contribute directly or indi...Coal is the major source of power in India and world over.Coal mining is an essential industry which has a major role in the economic development of the country.Most major mining activities contribute directly or indirectly to air pollution.Coal dust is a major air pollutant which affects the personal working in the mines and also people residing in villages near the mines.Air pollution due to coal particulates can affect human health and cause damages to the environment.Hence effective pollution control mechanisms are needed to keep the pollution levels within permissible levels.The easiest and most common method employed for dust suppression worldwide is sprinkling of water.In majority of mines,water sprinklers are operated manually and can lead to wastage of water due to over sprinkling.It can also prove to be ineffective in dust suppression if sprinkling is not done properly.The paper proposes a system which can be deployed to automate the dust suppressions sprinklers.The system will monitor the concentration of PM_(10) and PM_(2.5) in the air and initiate sprinkling operation when the particulate matter content exceeds preconfigured limits.展开更多
基金the 59th Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M59068)Breeding programs of Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University(Grant No.XZR2014-04).
文摘Early studies showed that the irregular operations of the center pivot sprinkling system would decrease its uniformity while the reason was lack of discussion.Taking Herman-Hein uniformity coefficient(CUH)and Distribution uniformity coefficient(DU)as evaluation indicators,the reason that irregular operation management and configurations can decrease the uniformity of center pivot sprinkling irrigation was discussed and the impact on maize yield was tested.The reasons for such decrease in uniformity include:(1)With the increase of moving speed,the effect of sprinkling overlaying became worse,which resulted in the lower uniformity of sprinkling irrigation;(2)With the increase of head pressure,the inlet pressure could be adjusted to the same pressure by pressure regulator,which kept the uniformity of sprinkling irrigation constant;(3)When end gun worked abnormally,total head pressure decreased,which led to the decrease of sprinkling irrigation’s uniformity;(4)When pressure regulator worked abnormally,the water flow was subject to great pressure loss,which could decrease the uniformity of sprinkling irrigation;(5)When pressure regulator was uninstalled,significant abnormality of sprinkling irrigation depth occurred,resulting in the decreasing of sprinkling irrigation’s uniformity;(6)Different types of nozzles could produce different uniformity of sprinkling irrigation,which was due to different structures of micro-nozzles;(7)Due to lower uniformity,at the seedling stage of maize,both height and seedling emergence rate decreased.Final yield decreased by 18.35%.This study is important to the proper use and the improvement of configuration selection and field management of center pivot sprinkling system.
文摘Coal is the major source of power in India and world over.Coal mining is an essential industry which has a major role in the economic development of the country.Most major mining activities contribute directly or indirectly to air pollution.Coal dust is a major air pollutant which affects the personal working in the mines and also people residing in villages near the mines.Air pollution due to coal particulates can affect human health and cause damages to the environment.Hence effective pollution control mechanisms are needed to keep the pollution levels within permissible levels.The easiest and most common method employed for dust suppression worldwide is sprinkling of water.In majority of mines,water sprinklers are operated manually and can lead to wastage of water due to over sprinkling.It can also prove to be ineffective in dust suppression if sprinkling is not done properly.The paper proposes a system which can be deployed to automate the dust suppressions sprinklers.The system will monitor the concentration of PM_(10) and PM_(2.5) in the air and initiate sprinkling operation when the particulate matter content exceeds preconfigured limits.