Irrigation system
A method of operating a drip irrigation system is provided and includes providing drip irrigation lines aside a diverter line with T-junctions interleaved between adjacent ones of the drip irrigation lines and each T-junction including a three-way line coupled to the diverter line, a check valve operably disposable between the three-way line and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction and a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way line and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines.
1. A method of operating a drip irrigation system, the method comprising:
providing drip irrigation lines aside a diverter line with T-junctions interleaved between adjacent ones of the drip irrigation lines and each T-junction comprising:
a three-way line coupled to the diverter line;
a check valve operably disposable between the three-way line and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction from the downstream end of the upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to each leg of the three-way line; and
a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way line and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines;
opening each of the controllable valves to permit fluid flow in only the forward direction from each leg of the three-way line to an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines; and
closing each of the controllable valves to prevent the fluid flow.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the opening and closing is in accordance with a predefined schedule.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the predefined schedule is defined in accordance with a predefined temporal resolution.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the opening and closing is in accordance with current atmospheric conditions.
5. A method of operating a drip irrigation system, the method comprising:
providing drip irrigation lines aside a diverter line;
interleaving T-junctions between adjacent drip irrigation lines with each T-junction comprising:
a three-way diverter line coupling;
a check valve operably disposable between the three-way diverter line coupling and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction from the downstream end of the upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to each leg of the three-way line; and
a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way diverter line coupling and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines from each leg of the three-way line to an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines; and
opening each of the controllable valves of each of the T-junctions to permit fluid flow in only the forward direction from each leg of the three-way line to an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines; and
closing each of the controllable valves to prevent the fluid flow.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the opening and closing is in accordance with a predefined schedule.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the predefined schedule is defined in accordance with a predefined temporal resolution.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the opening and closing is in accordance with current atmospheric conditions.