Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment and Materials Testing. Spain. National Centre For Irrigation Technology Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment

Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment and Materials Testing. Spain.

National Centre For Irrigation Technology

Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment and Materials Testing

MADRID - SPAIN

CentreTechnolo

gyIRRIGATION

waterNational

Environmental

plandevelopment

recourses

management cooperati

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rational fieldsconservation

hydric

landscape

use biodiversityreuse

social

desalinization

rural

liferenewabl

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ecosystems

strategy

sustainability

efficiency

National Centre for Irrigation Technology.


Location



NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY (CENTER)

Weir

Irrigationpond

Pumping Station

Laboratory

Meteorological Station

Sprinkler benche

Pívot

Ranger

Central building

Henares River

CentreTechnolo

gyIRRIGATION

waterNational

Environmental

plandevelopment

recourses

management cooperati

on

rational fieldsconservation

hydric

landscape

use biodiversityreuse

social

desalinization

rural

liferenewabl

e

ecosystems

strategy

sustainability

efficiency



Work Areas

CENTRAL LABORATORY

FOR IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT

AND MATERIALS TESTING

STANDARDIZATION

EXPERIMENTAL FARM

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

OTHER PROJECTS

NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY WATCH



Supported by government (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment)

Grant for irrigation networks modernization

Collaboration with manufacturers and users (test and development)

Research into irrigation equipment applications

Training: Participation in the training programs carried out at CENTER.

Support for and participation in the national and international committees and working groups

Context And Activities



Encourage and promote water efficiency and sustainable management of water-energy-irrigation.

Encourage the use of alternative energies and rationalization energy consumption.

Promote and encourage the use of best practices for sustainable irrigated agriculture that respects the environment.

Analyze and promote use for irrigation of non-conventional water resources: recycle water, desalination water and other sources.

Study the impact, vulnerability and adaptation of the irrigation sector to climate change.

Be an applied research centre, development, testing, standardization and innovation in advanced technologies for irrigation.

Consolidate as a training centre, training, technology and Knowledge transfer of national and international reference.

Promote and conduct international cooperation for development in irrigation and rural development (INITL…)

Objectives



•Lack of a Strategic Plan in the medium term.• Accused distortions and lack of coordination between government budgets, the strategies and the innovation projects.• Restrictions outside the organization CENTER, threatening the continuity of leadership of Spain internationally.• Little use of resources and expertise available in the CENTER by public entities involved in the framework of the Convention.•Lack of regulation of relations and collaborations with entities public and private (AENOR, etc..).•Physical space requirements and new test rigs (resistance materials, suction cups, solenoids, etc..) And improvement of existing ones.•Inadequate environmental conditions for some tests.•Lack of tools to facilitate the management tasks of standardization (standard databases and experts, etc..).•Lack of training tools and online distribution, to meet the increasing demand.

•Development of the irrigation technologies in Spain.•Agreement with the public company Tragsa to achieve the objectives.•High capacity to react inter-administrative nationally and internationally.•Wide view of the sector's problems.•High participation and recognition in national and international organizations (ISO, CEN, ENTAM, AENOR, etc..).•Impartiality and quality (test process, standardization and technology transfer).•Quality Management according to the standard ISO 17025.•Experience and presence in standardization of equipment and irrigation systems at national and international levels.•Collaborative projects on innovation and testing with universities, research centers, enterprises and other public entities.

Internal

WeaknessesStrengths

Increasing difficulty of access to knowledge by administrations. Excess of information on the web.Loss of dynamism, competitiveness and leadership over other entities (platforms, technology centers and companies). Absence of a clear definition of the role of processes and CENTER in R & D + i.The continued budget cuts could endanger the viability.Services provided by the laboratory can be made by private business.

•Serve the new needs of knowledge of government.•New demands for irrigation technology companies (development, certification and marketing).•The CENTER as an entity capable of facilitating the structuring of a very fragmented sector like irrigation.•Continue transferring knowledge and technologies for develop the sector.•there is not enough development in management of competitive intelligence and technology watch.New irrigation sector demands regulation and standardization of equipment and irrigation systems.•Increasing market requirements on the quality of products.•No capacity to test all equipments at national level.

ThreatsOpportunities

Analysis

Enviromental

•Development of the irrigation technologies.•High capacity to react inter-administrative nationally and internationally.•Wide view of the sector's problems.•Impartiality and quality (test process, standardization and technology transfer).

•Accused distortions and lack of coordination between government budgets, the strategies and the innovation projects.•Lack of tools to facilitate the management tasks of standardization (standard databases and experts, etc..).•Lack of training tools and online distribution, to meet the increasing demand.

Opportunities•Serve the new needs of knowledge of government.•New demands for irrigation technology companies (development, certification and marketing).•Continue transferring knowledge and technologies for develop the sector.•there is not enough development in management of competitive intelligence and technology watch.•New irrigation sector demands regulation and standardization of equipment and irrigation systems.•Increasing market requirements on the quality of products.•No capacity to test all equipments at national level.

ThreatsIncreasing difficulty of access to knowledge by administrations. Excess of information on the web.Loss of dynamism, competitiveness and leadership over other entities (platforms, technology centers and companies). The continued budget cuts could endanger the viability.Services provided by the laboratory can be made by private business.



Test Benches

Sprinklers

Emitters and Emitting Pipes

Sprayers

Meters

Head Loss and Regulating Valves

Hydrostatic Pressure

Durability Test Benches

Remote Control

Training Benches



Sprinklers

Sprinklers

Emitters

Sprayers

Meters

Valves

Hydrostatic PressureDurability

Remote Control

Training Benches

Equipment Testing



Collaboration with manufacturers and users, to research, develop and keep the quality of their products and the irrigation networks

Member and close contact with European associations and laboratories (for example, ENTAM)

Close collaborations with Spanish companies

Close collaborations with Spanish Universities (improving products, development testing benches and tests, training people and students)

Partnerships (National e International)



Develop R&D projects in collaborations with irrigations companies, manufacturers, universities and research centres

CENTER – TRAGSA: Singular Equipments

CENTER – TRAGSA – Aula DEI – Manufacturers: Remote Monitoring and Control Technology

Develop new Benches and test to characterise new equipments

Examples (Air Valves Bench, Electro-Valves Bench, Head loss in emitters pipes bench..)

Research &Development



Equipments quality

Long-term properties and long-term use

Maintenance

Test the actual needs

Certification of equipments

Problems Encountered



CTN68/SC2 “irrigation”

AENOR

TC334 “Irrigation Techniques”

CEN

TC23/SC18 “Irrigation and drainage equipment and

systems”

ISO

SC2 Presidencies and secretaries

WG Secretaries (8)

TC334 Presidencies and secretaries (AENOR)

WG5 Coordination and Secretaries

WG9 Coordination and Secretaries

Experts in others WG

WG8 Remote Monitoring and Control Technology

AHG Sprayers

AHG Meters for Irrigation Water

Experts in others WG

Perception of Standardization



UNE-EN-ISO/IEC 17.025 standard (“General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories”).

Continuous work of calibration: Guarantees the precision of the measurements recorded.

Quality System



Collaboration inter-laboratories and governments

Trying to promote the certification of equipment in order to ensure the quality

Observed and wished evolution



THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

OBRIGADO

Alejandro Sánchez de Ribera González

National Centre for Irrigation Technology

Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment and Materials Testing

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: +34 913 47 93 04

www.center.es

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