Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline
In order to design an efficient microirrigation system, a monitoring approach allowing quantifying the main variables affecting the level of uniformity should be pursued. In the present work, we assess the performances of a commercial dripline, the product “Neptune PC AS”, furnished by TORO Company...
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In order to design an efficient microirrigation system, a monitoring approach allowing quantifying the main variables affecting the level of uniformity should be pursued. In the present work, we assess the performances of a commercial dripline, the product “Neptune PC AS”, furnished by TORO Company, employing an ad hoc built experimental benchmark, in doing so defining the dripline acceptable working conditions. Neptune PC AS has been tested at different operating pressure heads (range 1.5 - 3.5 bar) and its performances have been evaluated employing a series of metrics (the emitter technological variation coefficient, the emitter uniformity and the application efficiency). The obtained results show that Neptune PC AS is characterized by a strong pressure-compensating effect on the emitters and by very good / excellent performances for all the investigated operating pressure heads. Moreover, Neptune PC AS is characterized by limited differences between the maximum and the minimum of the emitter flow rate, in case of operating pressure heads equal to 1.5 bar and 2.0 bar, while such differences tend to increase for higher operating pressures.
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| spelling | doaj.art-694af35dae4442e1b1de1942babc90b42022-12-22T04:34:36ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Agricultural Engineering1974-70712239-62682022-11-0110.4081/jae.2022.1463Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS driplineAndrea Petroselli0Dario Romerio1Piero Santelli2Roberto Mariotti3Silvano Di Giacinti4Ilaria Ceccarelli5Ciro Apollonio6Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business (DEIM), Tuscia University, ViterboTORO Systems Europe Srl, Fiano Romano (RM)TORO Systems Europe Srl, Fiano Romano (RM)ARSIAL, Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l’Innovazione dell’Agricoltura del Lazio, Azienda Sperimentale di Tarquinia, Tarquinia (VT)ARSIAL, Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l’Innovazione dell’Agricoltura del Lazio, Azienda Sperimentale di Tarquinia, Tarquinia (VT)Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business (DEIM), Tuscia University, ViterboDepartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), Tuscia University, Viterbo In order to design an efficient microirrigation system, a monitoring approach allowing quantifying the main variables affecting the level of uniformity should be pursued. In the present work, we assess the performances of a commercial dripline, the product “Neptune PC AS”, furnished by TORO Company, employing an ad hoc built experimental benchmark, in doing so defining the dripline acceptable working conditions. Neptune PC AS has been tested at different operating pressure heads (range 1.5 - 3.5 bar) and its performances have been evaluated employing a series of metrics (the emitter technological variation coefficient, the emitter uniformity and the application efficiency). The obtained results show that Neptune PC AS is characterized by a strong pressure-compensating effect on the emitters and by very good / excellent performances for all the investigated operating pressure heads. Moreover, Neptune PC AS is characterized by limited differences between the maximum and the minimum of the emitter flow rate, in case of operating pressure heads equal to 1.5 bar and 2.0 bar, while such differences tend to increase for higher operating pressures. https://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/1463Experimental benchmarkirrigationdriplineslevel of uniformityirrigation efficiency. |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Petroselli Dario Romerio Piero Santelli Roberto Mariotti Silvano Di Giacinti Ilaria Ceccarelli Ciro Apollonio Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline Journal of Agricultural Engineering Experimental benchmark irrigation driplines level of uniformity irrigation efficiency. |
| title | Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline |
| title_full | Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline |
| title_fullStr | Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline |
| title_short | Performance assessment of the TORO Company Neptune PC AS dripline |
| title_sort | performance assessment of the toro company neptune pc as dripline |
| topic | Experimental benchmark irrigation driplines level of uniformity irrigation efficiency. |
| url | https://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/1463 |
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