2926 results about "Irrigation water" patented technology

The present invention provides a multitude of embodiments for landscape water conservation with automated water budgeting or seasonal adjustment. Water budget automation may be implemented within an irrigation controller, by means of an add-on or a plug-in to the controller, or broadcast from a central location. The environmental data used for automated water budgeting may be historical including ambient temperature, wind, solar radiation, relative humidity, soil moisture, soil temperature, or evapotranspiration, or combinations thereof, or with a combination of current sensor data. The automated water budgeting may be accomplished with a percentage accumulation method which adjusts watering intervals and schedules, or on a daily percentage basis. In addition, government based restricted watering schedules may be combined within all the above embodiments to provide additional flexibility for water conservation.

The present invention provides numerous methods, systems and apparatus that use a novel form of water budgeting technology for water conservation without the use of complex ET (Evapotranspiration) data or methods. Embodiments include incorporating the technology directly into irrigation controllers, into modules added on to existing controllers, or into central units that broadcast a water budget that can alter the schedules of one, many, or selected groups of remotely located controllers or modules. The various methods of the present invention offer the choice of adjusting the station run times, accumulating the water budgets, altering the watering intervals, and / or combining the present water budgeting technology with local watering communities' restricted watering schedules. The result offers residential, commercial, and municipal users a wide range of practical choices for effective water conservation in landscape irrigation with temperature based water budgeting.

An autonomous water source (AWS) for extracting water from ambient air and delivering it to a plant to support growth. The system is based on an adsorption-desorption-condensation (ADC) cycle using a sorption material to extract moisture from ambient air and condensing the water vapor driven off from the sorption material by subsequent heating and followed by condensation. Liquid condensate produced in this process on the condenser is collected and delivered by gravity to a plant to reduce thermal stress and to support growth. The invention provides a sustainable source of irrigation water for agriculture and forestry, including areas where no water resources exist or are not economically viable. It can be tailored in size, and therefore, output capacity, reflecting the desired water requirements of a particular application, and can be used to replace most agricultural situations now reliant on surface water drip feed systems. The device is simple, rugged, invulnerable to rain, snow, and freezing conditions, and can be designed to last for many years without service as there are few moving parts and power required for operation is provided by sunlight.

The invention discloses a mine ecological remediation and slope vegetation fast restoring method suitable for the arid region. The method comprises a slope protection method and the steps that water collecting devices are arranged; soil improvement is carried out; vegetation configuration is carried out. Firstly, according to the through slope arrangement, mining slide slopes needing to be restored are subjected to step type slope cutting to be stabilized, an ecological catchwater is arranged on the inner side of each stage of a platform, and the steps are continuously provided with desilting basins and water collecting pits every other certain distance. Water collecting devices are mounted in the water collecting pits and connected with the desilting basins and the catchwaters, the other ends of the water collecting devices are provided with controllable drainage ports, the water collecting devices are connected with a slope irrigation system and used for collecting and fully and reasonably utilizing slope runoff, a dry season irrigation water source is provided, meanwhile, slope scouring is avoided, and water and soil losses are reduced. The platform and the slopes are all covered with earth, a planting pit is dug in each stage of the platform, the mode of ecological bags and ecological blankets is adopted in each stage of the slopes, a soil conditioner and foreign soil from other places are mixed, the planting pits, the ecological bags and the ecological blankets are filled with the mixture, and good water and fertilizer conditions are provided for plant growth. Proper trees brushes and grasses are selected to be distributed. The ground conditions of the side slopes are comprehensively improved, and side slope vegetations are restored to the natural ecological state.

A drip emitter is provided for delivering irrigation water from a supply tube to an emitter outlet at a reduced and relatively constant flow rate. Water enters the emitter through a first inlet and proceeds into a first chamber. When the water pressure is above a predetermined level, a one-directional valve opens to allow fluid flow past the first chamber, through a tortuous path flow channel, and through an emitter outlet. A second inlet is used to compensate for water pressure fluctuations in the supply tube to maintain output flow at a relatively constant rate. Water enters the second inlet and presses a flexible diaphragm toward a water metering surface to provide pressure-dependent control of the output flow. A copper member is mounted to the emitter over the emitter outlet to prevent plant root intrusion into the emitter outlet.

The invention relates to an automatic irrigation-drainage system for farmland. Irrigation water enters a water level control pond through a water level control valve; a floating ball drives the water level control valve to regulate the water supply amount until the supplied water is equal to the consumed water; the water level is stabilized at a certain water level when the water supply of the water level control valve is stopped at a water supply water level h1; the irrigation water enters a soil filling region at the upper part in a U-shaped concrete groove through a nonfine concrete cover plate and a sand inverted filter from the bottom of the inner part of the U-shaped concrete groove so as to form a soil saturated water layer lower than h1; the water in the saturated water layer is raised to the root layer of the crop in the form of capillary water; the water supply amount is increased or reduced along with water consumption amount so that the farmland is automatically irrigated; because the h1 is lower than the height h2 of the upper edge of the U-shaped concrete groove, no gravity water is leaked; once the soil saturated water layer is higher than the h1 because of raining, the water level control valve is turned off, the irrigation is stopped; if the water layer is higher than the upper edge h2 of the water level control pond, the water overflows to a water accumulation pond, and the water begins to be discharged; and the irrigation is recovered until the soil saturated water layer is lower than h1. The system has full automatic irrigation, high reliability and excellent durability.

A conveyor system (4, 5) moves vertical poles (2) in an agricultural facility between a growing area (20) and a workstation (W). Each pole carries plant growing containers (3) at multiple levels (H1-H9). An irrigation reservoir (30) may be mounted atop each pole. Irrigation lines (31-33) from the reservoir may be individually metered (35) at each level to compensate for differing water pressure with height. Sensors (40) in the reservoir and at each level of the poles may provide a controller (36) with data input. The controller may impose different growing conditions in different areas of the facility, including vertically different grow areas (20A, 20B), and controls pole movements and locations selectively to provide a sequence of poles at the workstation ready to harvest on a demand schedule. The workstation may have multiple heights (W1, W2, W3) for tall poles that increase plant density per facility footprint.

Functionalized polymers are mixed with pesticides to form semi-stable complexes with desirable field properties: reduced leaching in soil, improved leaf retention (rainfastness), selective unloading to roots and convenient packaging and application. Pesticides that may be so complexed include herbicides, insecticides (including compounds controlling non-insect arthropods and nematodes), bacteriocides, rodenticides, and fungicides. Polymers with which they may be complexed include derivatives of carbohydrates, amides, imines, alkanes, vinyls, styrenes or glycols. The polymers may be functionalized with chemical groups that exhibit ionic (amines, carboxyls), hydrophobic, complexing (e.g. metal chelating) and ligand binding interactions. The variously functionalized polymers may be mixed, grafted, or fused to obtain optimal properties. The polymer / pesticide formulations may be applied as granules, as suspensions or solutions in sprays, as foams, or as coats for seeds and fertilizers. The formulations may be applied to foliage, soil, irrigation water, construction materials (plastics, wood), seeding materials, grains, and buildings.

Low-pressure drip irrigation system, comprising a distribution pipe made of thin-walled sleeve collapsible when empty and designed to operate under hydraulic head up to 3 m H2O, having a plurality of holes in the walls thereof, a plurality of branch tubes equipped with low-pressure drip emitters; and a plurality of connectors connecting the branch tubes to the holes of the distribution pipe.The sleeve material is opaque and reflecting the solar radiation so that the natural growth of microorganisms and algae in the irrigation water is suppressed, and the pipe is not heated more than 35° C. above the ambient air temperature.The irrigation system is assembled in the field from components of a kit by deploying the distribution pipe, filling it with water, cutting the holes by means of a special band-held tool, inserting the connectors into the holes, and assembling the branch tubes with the connectors.

Zero discharge processing methods for the treatment of agricultural drainage water (ADW) are disclosed. The disclosed methods are capable of meeting the three critical issues in treating ADW: (1) selective removal of sulfate scale-prone species and toxic species; (2) production of usable water that at least meets irrigation water quality; and (3) recovery of sodium sulfate and sodium chloride as valuable commodities.

An effective conditioner-fertilizer of low and competitive cost particularly formulated for restoring or improving the cultivation properties and productivity of saline or alkaline soils, comprising: a) a chelating substance, for example sodium tripolyphosphate; b) a pH modifying or buffering substance, for example an inorganic acid; c) a surfactant, for example polyethylenglycols; and optionally, d) a plant nutrient substance, for example humic extracts which can advantageously derived from the pecan husk. The synergistic combination of polyphosphates, pH modifying and buffering substances and surfactants in the conditioner-fertilizer formulation significantly improves its effectiveness at a competitive cost. Other ingredients may also be added, for example, sodium lignosulphonate, calcium lignosulphonate and the like for modifying the physical structure of soils. The conditioner-fertilizer can be applied directly to the soil before plantation, mixed with the irrigation water or to the leaves during plant growth.

A self watering planter device and method of watering allowing water to be supplied by means of standard garden water hose and existing water faucet. A plurality of said self watering planters capable of being daisy-chained in a serial configuration to allow a single source of water from a standard water faucet and standard garden water hoses to provide irrigation water to all of said plurality of self watering planters.

The efficiency of an irrigation system on a property is determined as a difference between the actual water usage at a property and the irrigation water need of the plant on the property. Data for the property are received including at least the location and irrigation area of the property. A reference evapotranspiration value for the property is determined using the solar radiation data derived from the location of the property. The irrigation water need of the property is then calculated from the reference evapotranspiration value and area. The irrigation water need is compared to the actual water use at the property to determined the efficiency of the irrigation system operating thereon.

A drip emitter is provided for delivering irrigation water from a supply tube to an emitter outlet at a reduced and relatively constant flow rate. Water enters the emitter through a first inlet and proceeds into a first chamber. When the water pressure is above a predetermined level, a one-directional valve opens to allow fluid flow past the first chamber, through a tortuous path flow channel, and through an emitter outlet. A second inlet is used to compensate for water pressure fluctuations in the supply tube to maintain output flow at a relatively constant rate. Water enters the second inlet and presses a flexible diaphragm toward a water metering surface to provide pressure-dependent control of the output flow. A copper member is mounted to the emitter over the emitter outlet to prevent plant root intrusion into the emitter outlet.

The invention discloses a process for treating mine wastewater containing sulfur minerals, As, Pb and Cd, which comprises the following steps: (1) performing blast aeration and oxidation treatment on the mine wastewater containing the sulfur minerals, As, Pb and Cd in an aeration tank; (2) neutralizing and coagulating the wastewater after the aeration and oxidation in a neutralization tank and controlling the pH to be between 8.6 and 9.5; (3) standing and depositing the wastewater after the neutralization and the coagulation treatment in a sedimentation tank; and (4) after the wastewater is clear after standing for a certain period of time, performing advanced treatment on heavy metal in a supernatant in a physical and chemical adsorption device and an activated carbon filtering system to obtain clean water meeting the environmental-protection or agricultural requirement. Through the process, peculiar smell in the mine wastewater can be eliminated, the wastewater color is changed to be normal, and the requirement of the quality of mine wastewater containing the discharged sulfur minerals, As, Pb and Cd in 'Standards for irrigation water quality' (GB5084-2005) can be met.

The invention discloses a multipurpose intelligent telescopic sprinkling irrigation vehicle and belongs to the technical field of sprinkling irrigation. The vehicle body is controlled or manipulated by a vehicle-mounted automatic control system according to GPS signals. Irrigation water supply enters a booster pump and is conveyed to a telescopic pipeline through a two-direction valve passing a buffer tank or an external water inlet. The telescopic and rotation are controlled by a motor on top of a support pole, the water pressure and a steering engine. The automatic control is finished by a chip based on a singlechip and a signal transfer module. A power supply circuit system includes: a generator, an electric brush and related circuits. In the invention, each electronic element is controlled for teamwork by the automatic control system based on the singlechip, thus transversely and vertically stretching out and drawing back, and 360-degree rotation of a sprinkling pipeline can be achieved, irrigation demands of crops in different terrains and at different heights can be met, irrigation tasks in various complicated environment conditions can be completed effectively, and effective use ratio of the irrigation water can be improved.

The invention provides a water retention type organic ferment viable bacteria granular fertilizer. The component raw materials according to weight percent are as follows: 5-15%A of ferment viable bacteria, 80-90% of organic fertilizer and 3-5% of water-retaining agent. The invention can quickly absorb and conserve irrigation water or rainwater to transform into solid water not flowing or seeping away, the solid water is blended with ferment viable bacteria to be a whole to promote the ferment viable bacteria to propagate more flourishingly and excessively, so that fertility is increased and local constant temperature can be remained for a long time; during drought, nutrients and moisture in the soil are released slowly, organic matter in the organic fertilizer can exert fertilizer functionmore effectively along with the propagation of the viable bacteria; the ablastin therein can better inhibit growth of diseases and pests, the organic fertilizer improves acidity and alkaline of the soil, enhances fertility of the soil, modifies soil structure, and has the characteristics of long-term water retention, nutrient preservation, fertility enhancement, drought resistance, disease and pest resistance and continuous cropping resistance.

The invention relates to the field of ecological hydrology, in particular to a model for farmland net irrigation water. The model comprises a central data processor, a vegetation retention module, a runoff module, an evapotranspiration module and a soil water content module, wherein the central data processor realizes data transmission with the vegetation retention module, the runoff module, the evapotranspiration module and the soil water content module respectively. According to the model, large-scale nonuniformity of the earth surface is fully taken into consideration, spaces are dispersed into pixels; a part of parameters required by each sub-module in the model for the farmland net irrigation module is inversed on a pixel scale; an eco-hydrological process module is coupled; the whole process simulation of rainfall vegetation retention, soil water content, runoffs and evapotranspiration is performed; the farmland soil water content is monitored in real time; and whether a farmland is required to be irrigated or the required irrigation water capacity can be known in time, and situations that farmlands cannot be irrigated in time or the irrigation capacity is too large result in agricultural production loss and water resource waste are avoided.

A liquid micronutirent elicitor involving a cell to cell signal transduction system within a plant which is applied to propagules (seed and / or plant) causes natural defensive responses to be produced by the seed and / or plant. This substance may exist as a seed coating, irrigation water, and / or foliar spray for a period of time so that the propagules may have enhanced disease control until the propagule develops sufficiently to fend for itself against parasitic nematodes. The benefits of incorporating the solution include increased vigor, blooms, and harvests. Crops include legumes including soybeans, as well as wheat, canola, corn, peanuts, sunflowers, peppers, tomatoes, grapes, and potatoes.

The present invention is a method of controlling an irrigation system that minimizes the amount of irrigation water applied with the use of evapotranspiration (ET) to adjust the irrigation controller. By basing the irrigation program on run times which equal a specific amount of water, ET can be used as a percentage to adjust the amount of water applied during an irrigation cycle. By setting a run time to equal 1″ of rainfall ET can be used as a multiplier against the run time to make the correct adjustment to provide required water. By setting the amount of water to be applied to 2″ or any other amount would need an additional multiplier added to make the proper adjustment. Adjustments for landscape coefficient and distribution uniformity would be placed in run time formula based on use of ET set at 1″. The adjusted run time would be the input into the control system.

An irrigation emitter is provided for delivering irrigation water from a water supply conduit, such as an irrigation supply tube, pipe, or other water supply apparatus, at a low volume or drip-like flow rate. The emitter operates generally through the use of a relatively long flow channel that causes a pressure reduction between the water supply conduit and an emitter outlet. The emitter includes an inlet component for tapping a portion of the water flow from the water supply conduit and, when the water pressure is above a predetermined minimum level, directing the flow to and through the flow channel for subsequent discharge to a desired location. The emitter also may regulate to accommodate for changes in supply pressure. The emitter also may include automatic flushing to dislodge debris trapped within the emitter.

The invention discloses an orchard underground hole irrigation method which belongs to underground irrigation. The orchard underground hole irrigation method is characterized in that 'fertilizer water holes' are buried in a root system distribution layer of a fruit tree, the 'fertilizer water hole' consists of four parts, namely an underlay plastic film (10), a water absorption and fertilizer storage material (9) mixed with a fertilizer, broken brick bats (8) wrapped by the water absorption and fertilizer storage material, an irrigation tube (3) inserted into the center of the broken brick bats. Each fruit tree is provided with 4-8 'fertilizer water holes', water is injected into the 'fertilizer water holes' by the irrigation tube (3) via a funnel and 10-20 L of water is filled into each hole. During fertilizing, the fertilizer water can be injected into the 'fertilizer water holes', thus the nutrient is directly transported to the root system centralized distribution area and fertilizer efficiency is improved. The method has the advantages of easily available materials, low production cost, water saving and drought resistance, not only can reduce evaporation from land surface and surface runoff, but also can prevent irrigation water from seeping to the deep soil layer; meanwhile the orchard underground hole irrigation method takes advantage of the 'hydrotaxis' and 'fertilizer anemotaxis' of the root system to confine the root system in or around the 'fertilizer water holes', thus improving the utilization rate of nutrient and water.

The negative water head irrigation system features the so defined water head irrigation technology, which controls the irrigation pressure in negative water head so as to control the soil water content precisely and continuously. The system includes three parts: a negative water head water providing set, an air collecting chamber and a water providing plate. The negative water head water providing set converts water from the water supply tap at normal pressure into irrigation water in certain negative pressure, the air collecting chamber collects escaped air from the irrigation water during irrigation, and the water providing plate provides water to soil and can form air phase and liquid water favorable to moving of air phase to the air collecting chamber.

The invention provides a winter wheat water consumption predicting method based on weather forecast information. With comprehensive consideration of influences of the crop self-growth-and-development situation and the environment factors including the meteorological condition, the soil condition and the like, a prediction model for estimating the reference crop water requirement (ET0) based on the weather forecast information and a model for estimating a winter wheat crop coefficient based on accumulative temperature are established through field trials and numerical simulation, the prediction model and the model for estimating the winter wheat crop coefficient are coupled into a water balance equation, real-time prediction is conducted on the soil moisture content of winter wheat in a Guangli irrigated area and a people victory canal irrigated area, and irrigation date and irrigating water quota are determined according to irrigating index of different growth periods of the winter wheat so that real-time monitoring of the soil moisture content, drought severity comprehensive analysis and real-time prediction of crop irrigation are achieved. The visual decision basis is provided for an irrigation management layer and a decision maker, timely and appropriate amount of irrigation is instructed for the irrigated areas, and the utilization rate and utilization efficiency of an irrigation water resource of the irrigated areas are improved.

The invention discloses an ecological fish farming method in a rice field, which comprises the following steps of rice field preparation, rice field transformation, fish farming facility preparation, rice seedling transplantation, biosorption, rice field disinfection, irrigation, fertilization, stocking fish seed selection, stocking fish fry disinfection, stocking and feeding management, wherein annular field fish ditches dug through the rice field transformation are V-shaped ditches arranged on the inner sides of ridges around the rice field; the biosorption utilizes a biosorption agent to adsorb heavy metal in rice field soil and irrigation water; and stocking fish seeds are selected from eight-beard catfishes. The invention further discloses rice produced by rice plants planted in the rice field using the ecological fish farming method. According to the method and the rice, an effective usable area of the rice field is increased significantly; pollution of the heavy metal such as lead and cadmium is reduced; integral benefits of fish farming in the rice field are improved; the ecological rice contains rich protein, more microelements such as iron, magnesium and calcium, and vitamin C, has no chemical pesticide residual, and is green and environment-friendly; and the content of the heavy metal such as lead and cadmium is very low.

The invention discloses a process and a device for overall standard-reached treatment for oil-gas field drilling waste. The process comprises the following steps of: (1) gel breaking and destabilization and solid-liquid separation treatment; (2) micro-nano bubble air-floatation oil removal treatment; (3) Fe / C electrolysis catalytic oxidation; and (4) polyhydroxy advanced oxidation deep treatment. According to the process and the device disclosed by the invention, the drilling waste is totally treated to reach the standard or partially reused for preparing mud, and a solid phase (sludge and drillings), a liquid phase (drilling wastewater), chloride ions (salts) and the like are completely treated to reach the standards; the leachate generated after the treatment for the solid phase (sludge and drillings) and the treated liquid phase (drilling wastewater) reach Class A of 'Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard' for discharge to be discharged; the chloride ions in the drilling wastewater reach 'Standards for Irrigation Water Quality' (GB5084-92) after the treatment. Meanwhile, the treatment process flow is simplified, the wastewater is recycled, and energy consumption is saved.

A system for inoculating soil with microalgae is provided. The system is portable and can be used with many different water sources to culture microalgae and form an inoculate that is added to irrigation water used for watering crops. The system provides improved crop production metrics as compared to crops grown without the microalgae-based inoculation system. The system can be integrated into existing irrigation systems to add macronutrients and micronutrients into the water, thereby providing highly bioavailable nutrients to crops.

The invention discloses a drought resisting and water saving cultivation technique for performing direct sowing on a dry paddy field by fully using natural precipitation, which is used for adjusting the growth period of paddy rice according to water requirements at each growth and development stage of the paddy rice and statistical data of historical meteorological data for a natural precipitation rule of every local ten days, so that each growth and development stage of the paddy rice is matched with the natural precipitation of every local ten days and corresponding comprehensive technical measures are taken to fulfill the aim of resisting drought, saving water and stably increasing yield. The cultivation technique changes a traditional paddy rice cultivation mode, finishes one season of paddy rice production only by using natural precipitation without soaking seed, raising rice seedlings and transplanting or needing irrigation and plowing and can directly perform direct sowing production on the dry paddy field in a dry land or a non-dry land. Therefore, the technique saves irrigation water, lowers costs of seedlings, transplanting, drought resisting, water pumping, plowing and the like, saves labor, cuts down expenditures and increases income and is favorable for realizing increment of grain production and rural incomes and agricultural efficiency and realizing resource conservation, energy conservation and emission reduction.

The invention provides a device for automatically controlling irrigation and water draining of paddy field, and is characterized by comprising a water level control cabinet. A water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe are arranged at the side wall of the water level control cabinet; an open end through which the water outlet pipe stretches towards the inside of the water level control cabinet is provided with a sealing cover; the sealing cover is connected to the bottom of a floating ball through a digging rope; an electromagnetic relay is arranged at the top of the water level control cabinetand connected with a water pump; an adjusting plate is fixed at the inner side wall of the water level control cabinet; the adjusting plate is contacted with a contact switch of the electromagnetic relay. The invention has the advantages of conservation of time and labour, is simple in operation and adjusts water level of the paddy field according to growth demands of rice, maximally utilizes rainfall and reduces irrigation water use. By controlling water draining, the device provided by the invention can effectively prevent crop water-logging, improve Saline-sodic soils while reducing outputof nutrient substances such as nitrogen, phosphorus and the like due to agricultural drainage and agricultural pollution reducation.