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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Soil and Water Engineering × Author: Jangra, Pardeep × End date: 2012 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Tech ×
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    Performance evaluation of traveler irrigation system
    (CCSHAU, 2012) Jangra, Pardeep; Jhorar, R.K.
    Efficient irrigation can only be attained through controlled and uniform application of water and therefore, a lot of emphasis is being given for the adoption of pressurised irrigation systems. One of the latest pressurised irrigation systems, traveler irrigation system is being introduced in Indian farming conditions. Therefore, a study about traveler irrigation system was conducted at the RDS seed farm, CCSHAU, Hisar. The major objectives of the study were to evaluate the hydraulic performance of traveler irrigation system along the travel path and to identify the operational aspects of traveler irrigation system. The traveler irrigation system was operated at three speeds i.e. speed 1 (25.42 m h-1), speed 2 (52.00 m h-1) and speed 3 (82.94 m h-1). The average depth of water application was measured as 11.45, 8.12 and 5.95 mm for speed 1, speed 2 and speed 3, respectively. The average width of the wetted strip was 49.5 m for speed 1 and 2, and 50.0 m for speed 3. The water distribution/precipitation profile of the traveling gun was found to be of trapezium/trapezoidal shape. The coefficient of uniformity as well as depth of water application was lower in the start end area of the travel path as compared to the middle area. Maximum value of the coefficient of uniformity as well as distribution uniformity for different speeds was attained when 20 to 30 per cent overlap was assumed between the adjacent travel paths. To attain maximum uniformity of water application the tested traveler irrigation system should be operated at adjacent travel path distance of 35 to 40 m, when wind velocity is within 9.0 km h-1 and pressure at the gun is about 3.0 kg cm-2.