Agrarian Sciences

Irrigation Engineering
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2012 - 2013     Post-doctorate, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environne
Research Activities

Clogging process in microirrigaton systems: to investigate clogging processes caused by physical, chemical and biological agents; to develop and/or evaluate testing protocols and facilities for assessment of emitters’ sensitivity to clogging; to investigate preventive measures and maintenance routines; to promote the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools for designing emitters and simulating their performance.



Hydraulics of pressurized irrigation systems: theory, modeling, methodologies and tools for designing pressurized irrigation systems.



Other subjects of research include: evaluation and development of irrigation equipment; standardization and statistical quality control for testing irrigation equipment; electronics and instrumentation for hydraul

Keywords
instrumentation, hydraulics, pressurized irrigation systems, clogging
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Professor Associado na Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola (FEAGRI/UNICAMP); Coordenador da Comissão de Estudo de Equipamentos e Sistemas de Irrigação e Drenagem da ABNT (ABNT/CE-203:018.001). Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (2007), mestrado (2010) e doutorado (2012) em Irrigação e Drenagem pela Universidade de São Paulo. Desenvolve atividades nas áreas de engenharia de irrigação, processos de filtragem e obstrução em microirrigação, técnicas e tecnologias de cultivo em ambiente protegido e instrumentação. Email: apcpires@unicamp.br
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