EVALUATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY UTILIZATIONS IN IMPROVING ON-FARM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY

Abstract

The scarcity of water resources is a global problem that many countries suffer from, as most of the water available on the earth's surface is water containing high levels of salts. This water needs treatment processes to be suitable for use in agriculture. The water treatment technologies used for this purpose include thermal technologies and technologies that reject salts through a porous membrane whose pore diameters are in nanometers and micrometers. On the other hand, agriculture faces problems in remote areas, which depend on groundwater with high salinity levels. Accordingly, the research into the application of water treatment technologies suitable for irrigation in these areas will solve the problem of scarcity of water resources and improve agricultural operations' efficiency. The study aims to integrate some of the technologies for treating saline water with irrigation systems to add a new advantage to it by providing these systems with the ability to get rid of salts in irrigation water under the same normal operating conditions. Estimating the efficiency of water electrolysis technologies in reducing salt concentration and measuring the effect of changing flow rate and system voltage. Study the effect of using the electromagnetic field on raising the efficiency of the electrolysis process. Study the effect of nano-coating, which has ion-exchange properties, on reducing the salinity of irrigation water after adding it to the electrodes of the electrolysis device.