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The use of wind pumps for greenhouse microirrigation: A case study for tomato in Cuba

Publicated to: AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT. 120 (1): 107-114 - 2013-03-31 120(1), DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.10.024

Authors:

Peillón, M; Sánchez, R; Tarquis, AM; García-Fernández, JL
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Affiliations

Ctr Estudios & Invest Gest Riesgos Agr & Medioamb, Madrid, Spain - Author
Grp Invest Energia & Agr UPM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Grp Invest Hidraul Riego HIDER UPM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Grupo de Automatización en Señal y Comunicaciones (GASC). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Dept Ingn Rural, Madrid, Spain - Author
Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Dept Matemat Aplicada Ingn Agron, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ East Santiago de Cuba, Fac Bldg, Santiago De Cuba, Cuba - Author
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Abstract

Crop irrigation is a major consumer of energy. Only a few countries are self-sufficient in conventional non-renewable energy sources. Fortunately, there are renewable ones, such as wind, which has experienced recent developments in the area of power generation. Wind pumps can play a vital role in irrigation projects in remote farms. A methodology based on daily estimation balance between water needs and water availability was used to evaluate the feasibility of the most economic windmill irrigation system. For this purpose, several factors were included: three-hourly wind velocity (W-3h, m/s), flow supplied by the wind pump as a function of the elevation height (H, m) and daily greenhouse evapotranspiration as a function of crop planting date. Monthly volumes of water required for irrigation (Dr, m(3)/ha) and in the water tank (Vd, m(3)), as well as the monthly irrigable area (Ar, ha), were estimated by cumulative deficit water budgeting taking in account these factors. An example is given illustrating the use of this methodology on tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) under greenhouse at Ciego de Avila, Cuba. In this case two different W-3h series (average and low wind year), three different H values and five tomato crop planting dates were considered. The results show that the optimum period of wind-pump driven irrigation is with crop plating in November, recommending a 5 m(3) volume tank for cultivated areas around 0.2 ha when using wind pumps operating at 15 m of height elevation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

Irrigation distributionIrrigation managementRenewable energyWeibull parametersWind pumping

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2013, it was in position 18/81, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Water Resources.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 7
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 104.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 55 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/15456/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 465
  • Downloads: 470
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Cuba.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (GARCIA FERNANDEZ, JOSE LUIS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SANCHEZ CALVO, RAUL.

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Awards linked to the item

First author work was supported by a grant awarded by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). Also, funding provided by Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) through projects nos. AGL2010-21501/AGR and AGL2008-00153/AGR is greatly appreciated.
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