Hydro-power energy recovery in pressurized irrigation networks: A case study of an Irrigation District in the South of Spain

J. García Morillo, A. McNabola, E. Camacho, P. Montesinos and J.A. Rodríguez Díaz

Agricultural Water Management, 2018, vol. 204, issue C, 17-27

Abstract: As a result of climate change, higher irrigation water demands are predicted in the future in pressurized irrigation networks. This will result in larger energy requirements and greater CO2 emissions levels for irrigation networks powered by pumping systems. Therefore, measures to counteract this growth in energy and CO2 emissions in the agri-food sector, such as energy recovery using hydropower, are becoming imperative.

Keywords: Hydropower; Energy recovery; Irrigation network; Turbines; PAT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377418302579
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:204:y:2018:i:c:p:17-27

DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.03.035

Access Statistics for this article

Agricultural Water Management is currently edited by B.E. Clothier, W. Dierickx, J. Oster and D. Wichelns

More articles in Agricultural Water Management from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().