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With rapidly rising energy rates and increasing demands on the world's energy supplies, the development of innovative, energy-saving techniques and technologies is a high priority in California and throughout the nation and the world. ITRC has completed numerous studies and programs with the US Bureau of Reclamation, PG&E, Southern California Edison, the California Energy Commission, and the end-use agricultural sector of CEC's PIER.
Primary ITRC energy-related projects have included:
The following is a sample of ITRC's energy-related documents. They are grouped by document type and listed chronologically in the order in which they were published. Please click on the links to download the reports.
Low-Pressure Drip Reports
- Testing of Irrigation Components in Low-Pressure Systems
- Pressure Regulating Valve Pilot Characteristics - 2-Way vs. 3-Way Pilots
- Low-Pressure Testing: Pressure Regulating Valves
- Low-Pressure Testing: Microirrigation Emitters
- Hydraulics of Commercial Sand Media Filter Tanks used for Agricultural Drip Irrigation
- Low-Pressure Drip/Micro System Design – Analysis of Potential Rebate
Energy Project Reports
- Municipal Water System Water/Energy Audit
- Winegrape Vineyards and Winery Operations: Energy Efficiency/Sustainability and Expansion
- GIS-Based Irrigation District Flow Routing/Scheduling
- Irrigation System Components and Potentials for Energy Conservation
- Irrigation District Energy Survey
- CEC Agricultural Peak Load Reduction Program
- California Agricultural Water Electrical Energy Requirements
Pump Reports
- Characterization of Irrigation Pump Performance in Major Irrigated Areas of California
- Conversion to Groundwater Pumping with Drip/Micro Irrigation
VFD Reports
- VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) Specifications for Water Pumping Applications
- Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Controlled Irrigation Pumps – Analysis
of Potential Rebate
- Electric Motor Efficiency under Variable Frequencies and
Loads
- Power Quality - Measurement and Conditioning Related to Variable
Frequency Drives in Irrigation Districts
- Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District: Variable Frequency
Drive Study
- Estimating the Payback for an Electrical VFD (Variable
Frequency Drive) Application in a Pumping Plant Which
Presently Spills Excess Pumpage
Brochures
- Variable Frequency Drives and SCADA - Are they worthwhile investments?
- Variable Frequency Drives - Planning your system
- Pumped Storage: Simple Changes - Big Savings
- Load Monitoring System
- Adjustable Magnetic Coupler
- Motor Reference
Papers
- Pipeline and Canal Downstream Control System for Recirculation - Patterson ID Case Study
- Pump Performance with Sand Wear
- Characterization of Pumps for Irrigation in Central California: Potential Energy Savings
- Characteristics of Irrigation Pump Performance in Major Irrigated Areas of California
- Caracterización Energética de Bombas. Un Caso Práctico en California
- Pump Operation with VFD
Controlled Motors
- Improving Pump Performance