Methods for drip irrigation clogging detection, analysis and understanding: State of the art and perspectives

Simulation of the flow characteristics of a labyrinth milli-channel used in drip irrigation

“…Thus, clogging can occur when the irrigation water used contains particles or microorganisms. It has been found in the literature that clogging occurs due to biomass growth, chemical precipitations, and/or physical deposits (Petit et al, 2022;Shi et al, 2022). Several factors control this process including biological processes (biofilm attachment, growth, and detachment) (Rizk et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2022), water quality (pH, conductivity, temperature, and size and particle concentration) (Liu et al, 2022;Oliveira et al, 2017) and hydrodynamic conditions (Lequette et al, 2020;Li et al, 2022).…”