Design, development, and evaluation of a device for the monitoring of liquid manure distribution using big gun sprinkler distribution systems

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-576

  Mazzetto, F ^a   Calcante, A ^b   Orsi, E ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Big gun sprinkler; Fertigation; GPS; Land application; Microturbine; Slurry distribution monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WASTES; BIG GUN SPRINKLER; FERTIGATION; LAND APPLICATIONS; MICRO TURBINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLOW RATE; LIQUIDS; SEWAGE; WETTING;

MANURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80051591230     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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