Duration
13h Th, 20h Pr, 3h FT
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering, professional focus | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Crop water needs: soil, plant and estimation of evapotranspiration
Irrigation scheduling
Measurement of crop water needs: classical and innovative methods
Water in the world
Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
Drip irrigation
Drip irrigation systems and material disposition
Crops water needs for drip irrigation
Network design
Related equipments
Network and irrigated material survey
Irrigation system management
Soil salinity
Origins and consequences
Technics against salinity
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Surface, drip and sprinkling irrigation engeneering formation
After completing the course the student is expected to
- understand the hydraulic functioning of soil and plant and how they interact
- compute and measure crop water needs
- provide irrigation scheduling
- use electrical resistivity tomography to study the soil-plant continuum
- Understand the working process and the design of the different irrigation systems (surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation).
- Understand, evaluate and manage a problem of salinity.
- Incorporate social and cultural aspects in irrigation management
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Plant physiology - Introduction to bioclimatology - Edaphology - Hydrology - Applied fluid mechanics - Transport and distribution of fluids
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
*online course (MOOC) *computer calculations *irrigation game *literature *workshops *excursion *project *discussions
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face + distance-learning. Course given on 2 sites (GxABT + UCL)
Course materials and recommended or required readings
- ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ECAMPUS
- MOOC: https://www.fun-mooc.fr
CONTINUOUS EVALUATION Storyboard for film on selected subject related to irrigation Report exercises Project (working installation + critical report)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Course given on 2 sites. Transport to be organized by the students themselves.
Contacts
WELLENS Joost
Bât. 2 Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux+32 (0)81.62.21.62
joost.wellens@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
The MOOC entitled 'Les techniques d'irrigation (R2)' is associated with this course.