MICRO-SPRINKLER IRRIGATION NETWORK OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND SLOP, AND WATER AND ENERGY COST

Authors

  • Francisco Fernando Noronha Marcuzzo
  • Edson Cezar Wendland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v18i1.39

Keywords:

irrigação localizada, algoritmos genéticos, tarifa da água, tarifa de energia elétrica

Abstract

The high installation cost discourages use of low-pressure micro irrigation network. The following study was done to optimize its installation and operational costs considering the different configurations of land slop, and cost of electricity and water. An optimization code was developed in MatLab, considering the loss of total distributed and localized energy loss between the beginning of the network and the pumping device for a standard irrigation network. The decision making variables for optimization with the use of genetic algorithms consisted of the diameter of each stretch of network, predefined as: two options for drip lines, four for derivation lines, four for secondary lines and one for main line. The results show that the network cost varies between 1816.42 and 2312.13 R$.ha-1.year-1. The relative weight of fixed and variable costs of energy and water in the final cost of the irrigation system for different conditions were analyzed.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2010-02-24

How to Cite

Marcuzzo, F. F. N., & Wendland, E. C. (2010). MICRO-SPRINKLER IRRIGATION NETWORK OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND SLOP, AND WATER AND ENERGY COST. Engineering in Agriculture, 18(1), 50–62. https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v18i1.39

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2010)

Section

.

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

The author(s) authorize(s) the publication of the text in the journal;

The author(s) ensure(s) that the contribution is original and unpublished and that it is not in the process of evaluation by another journal;

The journal is not responsible for the views, ideas and concepts presented in articles, and these are the sole responsibility of the author(s);

The publishers reserve the right to make textual adjustments and adapt texts to meet with publication standards.

From submission, the author is fully conceding the paper's patrimonial rights to the publication, but retaining the owner of its moral rights (authorship and paper's identification) according to Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial.