A review of practice and implementation of the internet of things (IoT) for smallholder agriculture

AP Antony, K Leith, C Jolley, J Lu, DJ Sweeney - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In order to feed a growing global population projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, food
production will need to increase from its current level. The bulk of this growth will need to …

Electromagnetic flow meters for open channels: Current state and development prospects

Z Watral, J Jakubowski, A Michalski - Flow measurement and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic method to measure water flow has been known for nearly 180 years. This
paper presents how the method has undergone development and describes in detail the …

[HTML][HTML] Field measurement and analysis of water losses at the main and tertiary levels of irrigation canals: Varamin Irrigation Scheme, Iran

A Mohammadi, AP Rizi, N Abbasi - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Irrigation canals waste some of the water during the conveyance and distribution process.
Due to the effect of water losses on distribution planning and operation process, it is …

Measurement of flow direction and velocity using a micromachined flow sensor

S Kim, T Nam, S Park - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2004 - Elsevier
A circular-type thermal flow sensor was designed and fabricated using MEMS technology in
order to detect flow direction and velocity, simultaneously. The designed sensor needs only …

A flow direction sensor fabricated using MEMS technology and its simple interface circuit

S Park, S Kim, S Kim, Y Kim - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2003 - Elsevier
A thermal flow direction sensor was fabricated using MEMS technology. A new structure was
suggested to improve the detection of airflow in any direction and its interface circuit was …

A circular-type thermal flow direction sensor free from temperature compensation

S Kim, S Kim, Y Kim, S Park - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2003 - Elsevier
This research is about a thermal flow sensor, suggesting a new structure not only to improve
the detection of airflow directions in any direction but also realize flow detection without …

Analog signal processing in an AC electromagnetic flowmeter

J Polo, R Pallàs-Areny… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
AC electromagnetic flowmeters yield a low-frequency signal whose amplitude is
proportional to the average fluid velocity. Typically, the input signal magnitude is below 1 mV …

Electromagnetic flowmeters for open channels-two-dimensional approach to design procedures

A Michalski, J Starzyriski, S Wincenciak - IEEE sensors journal, 2001 - repo.pw.edu.pl
In this paper, we present a two-dimensional (2-D) approach to electromagnetic flowmeters
design. Several design procedures that have been prepared and tested for designing …

Rationalizing the use of water of salinity hazards for irrigating maize grown in a saline sodic soil

IM Farid, MHH Abbas, E Fawzy - Egypt. J. Soil Sci, 2014 - journals.ekb.eg
SOILS of Fayoum depression are mostly salt affected and usually irrigated with water of EC
around 1.2±0.2 dS m-1. The current research was conducted to investigate the effects of …

Electrical properties of nickel oxide thin films for flow sensor application

S Noh, E Lee, J Seo, M Mehregany - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2006 - Elsevier
In this work, Ni oxide thin films, with thermal sensitivity superior to Pt and Ni thin films, were
formed through annealing of Ni films deposited by a rf magnetron sputtering. The annealing …