Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue: 3

Evaluation of adsorption mechanism in clogging of materials used in drip irrigation system

  • Author:
  • Vishal K. Chavan1, P. Balakrishnan2, S. K. Deshmukh3, Vishal K. Ingle4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 51 to 56

1M. Tech. Student, College of Agriculture Engineering, Raichur, Karnataka

2Dean, College of Agriculture Engineering, Raichur, Karnataka

3Chief Coordinator, M/s. Jain Irrigation System Private Limited, Jalgaon, Maharashtra

4Assistant Professor, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agriculture, Gulbarga, Karnataka

*(Email: vishal4644@gmail.com)

Online published on 16 October, 2013.

Abstract

A laboratory study was conducted to understand the adsorption mechanism in clogging of different materials used in drip irrigation system. The adsorption characteristics of Langmuir and Freundlich equations for granules of PVC, LLDPE, silicon diaphragm (rubber button) and HDPE were analysed. The result indicated that the per cent clogging was higher for LLDPE indicating 6.9 to 11.1% from day 1 to day 15 compared to other grinded materials. The minimum per cent clogging was recorded as 1.1 to 3.0% for PVC. The adsorption study demonstrated that LLDPE is the most and PVC is the least susceptible to clogging.

Keywords

Drip irrigation, Clogging, Adsorption, Langmuir and Freundlich, Polymers