The Hydraulic and Economic Performance Analysis of On-Demand Pressurized Irrigation Systems: A Case Study in Turkey

KURTULMUŞ E., BÜYÜKCANGAZ H., KUŞÇU H., DEMİR A. O.

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.42-49, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15832/ankutbd.446377
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-49
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Irrigation system performance, Hydrants characteristics, System reliability, Cost analysis
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, COPAM (Combined Optimization and Performance Analysis Model) software revealing optimum design possibilities and performance analysis of pressurized irrigation systems, was applied to on-demand pressurized irrigation system in Uludag University Agricultural Application and Research Centre, Bursa, Turkey. The system reliability, hydrant pressure heads, upstream elevation, discharges and pipe diameters related to this irrigation system were analyzed with COPAM software which have a variety of analysis tools. Analysis results showed that there were no deficiencies of performance in the hydrant level of the examined system. Furthermore, pipe diameters of the existing irrigation network were recalculated with COPAM as an alternative scenario and the system performance was reanalyzed based on the new pipe diameters obtained. As a result of this analysis, it wasn't seen any difference in the system performance, although total pipe cost was reduced by 16%.