Methodology to improve water and energy use by proper irrigation scheduling in pressurised networks

M.A. Jiménez-Bello, A. Royuela, J. Manzano, A. García Prats and F. Martínez-Alzamora

Agricultural Water Management, 2015, vol. 149, issue C, 91-101

Abstract: With the aim of reducing energy consumption and improving water use in pressurised irrigation systems, the methodology to minimise energy consumption by grouping intakes of pressurised irrigation networks into sectors, as developed by Jimenez-Bello et al. (2010b), was modified to enable irrigation intakes to operate during the scheduled period for each intake instead of operating during restricted irrigation periods of the same length. Moreover, a method was developed to detect the maximum number of intakes that can operate without extra energy if the source has sufficient head to feed at least some of the intakes.

Keywords: Energy saving, Irrigation network; Irrigation scheduling; Water use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.026

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