Evaluation of Adsorption Mechanism in Clogging of Materials Used in Drip Irrigation System

Vishal K. Chavan; P. Balakrishnan; S. K. Deshmukh; Vishal K. Ingle

doi:10.52151/jae2013503.1523

Authors

Vishal K. Chavan College of Agriculture Engineering, Raichur, Karnatak Author
P. Balakrishnan College of Agriculture Engineering, Raichur, Karnatak Author
S. K. Deshmukh M/s. Jain Irrigation System Private Limited, Jalgaon, Maharashtra Author
Vishal K. Ingle Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agriculture, Gulbarga, Karnataka Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2013503.1523

Keywords:

Drip irrigation, clogging, adsorption, Langmuir and Freundlich, polymers

Abstract

Alaboratory study was conductedto 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.

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