Energy savings potential from energy-conserving irrigation systems
| Autor: | G.L. Wilfert, Clark, B.J. Harrer, W.P. Patton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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| DOI: | 10.2172/6663818 |
| Popis: | This report systematically compares, within a consistent framework, the technical and economic characteristics of energy-conserving irrigation systems with those of conventional irrigation systems and to determine total energy savings. Levelized annual costs of owning and operating both energy-conserving and conventional irrigation systems have been developed and compared for all 17 states to account for the differences in energy costs and irrigation conditions in each state. Market penetration of energy-conserving systems is assessed for those systems having lower levelized annual costs than conventional systems performing the same function. Annual energy savings were computed by matching the energy savings per system with an assumed maximum market penetration of 100 percent in those markets where the levelized annual costs of energy-conserving systems are lower than the levelized annual costs of conventional systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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