Irrigation Engineering and Management Research Group

Irrigation Engineering and Management Research Group
Department of Chemical and Agricultural Engineering and Technology
University of Girona

Organisation type: 
University
Country: 
Spain
Description: 

Expertise: 1) Surface and subsurface drip irrigation
2) Clogging of emitters and filters
3) Automation of microrrigation systems
4) Modeling of microirrigation filter performance
5) Modeling of soil water status in drip irrigation
6) Irrigation of ornamental tree production
7) Irrigation water management costs

Facility: 1) Experimental filtration platform and drip irrigation system using reclaimed effluents. With flow, pressure and water quality data continuous acquisition system.
2) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) of a microirrigation system
3) Equipment for measurement of soil water status
4) Laboratory
5) Sofware developed by the research group

Priority: 1) Effect of reclaimed effluents on drip irrigation systems
2) Modelling of water and nitrates distribution in soil by irrigation
3) Modeling hydraulic performance of microirrigation systems using artificial neural networks and computational fluids dynamics
4) SCADA systems for microirrigation systems
5) Irrigation water economy and management