Title:	SPRINKMOD - Simulation of pressure and discharge distributions in pressurized irrigation systems: graphical interface and strategy of design.
Authors:	ANDRADE, C. de L. T. de ALLEN, R. G.
Affiliation:	CAMILO DE LELIS TEIXEIRA DE ANDRADE, CNPMS.
Date Issued:	1998
Citation:	In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN AGRICULTURE, 7., 1998, Orlando. Proceedings... St. Joseph: ASAE, 1998. p. 167-175.
Description:	SPRINKMOD is a computer model that simulates pressure and flow rate distributions along pipes and laterals of pressurized irrigation systems. The software runs in a WINDOWS environment and simulates irrigation systems having multiple pump stations combined in series and/or in parallel, booster pump stations, parallel pipes and looping pipes in addition to more traditional, branched pressurized irrigation systems. Lateral types include hand-move, wheel line and center pivot lateral that may utilize pressure regulators and booster pumps. Leakage is included in the main pipe network and along the laterals and effects of plugged or worn nozzles are accounted for. Pratically any type of nozzle and pump can be simulated since cubic spline functions are used to interpolate values from head-flow rate sets of data. Algorithms were developed and adapted to convert laterals into a single set of head-flow rate data so that a simplified algorithm can be used to solve the entire pipe network. A user-friendly interface is used to allow data for pumps, nozzle and pressure regulators to be interactively entered, edited and analyzed. The layout of the irrigation system is drawn on screen using the mouse.
Thesagro:	Irrigação
Keywords:	Sprinkmod
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPMS)