Plenary Lecture
Study Regarding Irrigations of Lands without Energy Consumption
Professor Badea Lepadatescu
Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management
Transylvania University of Brasov
Brasov, ROMANIA
E-mail: lepadatescu@unitbv.ro
Abstract: : In many places in the plains area there are long periods of time in which there is a complete lack of water during the spring and summer periods. It is precisely during these time periods that crops need water in order to grow. However, there are many rivers flowing down these areas, which could be a potential source of water. But in these large areas there are no connections to electricity being far from the places where people live. For this reason, in the present paper are presented some constructive solutions to remove water from rivers and to direct it in the area of plant cultivation without using any conventional energy source.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Badea Lepadatescu is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management of Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1998 in the area of machining through superfinishing process. After he graduated he worked five years as design engineer at Roman truck factory in the field of manufacturing processes where he designed many devices and special machine tools especially for superfinishing process. Started on 1982 he worked as research engineer at Transilvania University of Brasov, and after 1997 he is teaching at Department of Manufacturing Engineering. His main academic interests include Tolerance and Dimensional Control, Manufacturing Engineering Processes, Automation Processes, and Renewable Energy Sources. The research accomplishments are reflected through publications in a eight books and authored or co-authored over 130 papers published at international conferences. He has extensive experience in both experimental and theoretical research work having more than 50 contracts with factories to design and produce machine tools for machining processes. Also in the field of Renewable Energy Sources together with a team he made wind turbines, with horizontal axis for taking water, and with vertical axis to produce electric energy. He has been speaker to international conferences, has moderated forums, organized symposia, workshops and sessions at major international conferences