runoff recovery and evaporation pond system on nonuniform soil

a combined runoff recovery-evaporation pond system is optimized for maximum profit on uniform and nonuniform soil under cotton production. a volume balance hydraulic model simulates irrigation for combinations of the design variables (furrow rate and irrigation time). maximum profit is less, flow rate is higher but irrigation time is shor..

cloth from bast fibre of the clotropis procera (aak) plant

bast fibers of the calotropis procera-(aak)- plant were separated by retting. a maximum quantity of fibers was available from the stem retted for a period of 8 days. the fineness and strength of aak fiber were comparable with those of cotton. however, small staple length, high percentage of small fibers and lack of convolutions offer prob..

new completion technology aids production from texas north personville field

north personville field is located on the west flank of the east texas salt basin, near the town of groesbeck. the discovery well was drilled by mitchell energy corp. in 1969. during the field development phase, complexities of the reservoir made it necessary to combine core and log information in order to explain variability between log ..

relative sensitivity to plant water stress during the reproductive phase of upland cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.)

the relative sensitivity of the cotton plant to water stress throughout the growing season was determined to identify when irrigation will have the greatest beneficial effect. daily plant water stress for 72 different data sets of water applications was correlated to corresponding yield criteria. the magnitude of significant correlation w..

field evaluation of color/trash meters

two laboratory-type video color/trash meters were installed and evaluated in a commercial gin during the 1989 and 1990 ginning seasons. calibration of the meters was accomplished using manufacturer-supplied reference standards. during the 12-week ginning season each year, in which about 18,000 bales were ginned, the meters performed witho..

utilisation of dual-purpose linseed stalk for extraction of fibre (flax) and paper making

an overview of the availability of linseed stalk in india is given. possibilities of extraction of fibre (known as flax) from the stalk of the dual-purpose linseed variety lck-152 and utilisation of the residual woody straws for production of pulp and paper have been explored. extraction of good quality flax fibre, suitable for production..

characterization of smoke from smoldering combustion for the evaluation of light scattering type smoke detector response

experiments were performed to characterize smoke produced from smoldering materials using light scattering theory. a prototype scattered light detection instrument (sldi) was developed to measure the intensity of light scattered at various angles by smoke particles. a gallium arsenide solid-state laser was used as the source, with photodi..

properties and structure of never-dried cotton fibers. iii cotton fibers from bolls in early stages of growth

like other kinds of cotton fibers already studied, american cotton fibers taken from cotton bolls immediately before and after opening show high angles of torsional rotation during ambient humidity changes. cotton fibers taken from cotton bolls at 19 and 24 days postanthesis show remarkably higher angles of rotation and much lower dry and..

shiloh chairman guardedly optimistic for uk industry

this article discusses the outlook for the uk spinning industry and describes briefly the structure of the cotton sector industry since 1968

determining future cotton variety fiber quality objectives

much of the fiber property variability exhibited by cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) at the textile mill has genetic origins. the aim of this research was to evaluate the influence that sixteen fiber properties have on open-end and ring spinning yarn tenacity based on a miniature test. two plantings of nineteen varieties with two replicatio..