Quantifying the Irrigation Performance of Newly Developed Solar Sprinkler Irrigation System

The objective of this work was to design and evaluate a sprinkler irrigation system with water applications by the photovoltaic solar pumping system, based on the total energy produced (W h) and the uniformity coefficients of the water application system. The work was settled in the laboratory with four advanced sprinklers. For this systems, 15 days tests were performed on an hourly basis, from morning 8:30am to 4pm, with constant pressure, flow rate, solar radiations, voltage, current and temperature measurements during each test. The Solar radiations directly influence the energy produced (W h), Water distribution uniformity and water application flow rates. The results of the study depict that the application uniformity of the sprinklers partially dependent on the flow rate provided by the pump which is dependent on the available energy to run the system