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Calculating Comparing Irrigation Costs Guide

This document provides a user guide for calculating and comparing costs of different irrigation pumping solutions using a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet allows users to input details about six pumping solutions - including diesel, electric, natural gas, liquid petroleum and gasoline - to calculate the energy and operating costs per acre of water pumped. The user must provide information like head pressure, fuel prices, pump efficiencies. Based on the user's inputs, the spreadsheet calculates intermediate values and the final table compares the cost per acre for each pumping solution. Contact information is provided for additional assistance.

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Calculating Comparing Irrigation Costs Guide

This document provides a user guide for calculating and comparing costs of different irrigation pumping solutions using a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet allows users to input details about six pumping solutions - including diesel, electric, natural gas, liquid petroleum and gasoline - to calculate the energy and operating costs per acre of water pumped. The user must provide information like head pressure, fuel prices, pump efficiencies. Based on the user's inputs, the spreadsheet calculates intermediate values and the final table compares the cost per acre for each pumping solution. Contact information is provided for additional assistance.

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Adel Abdel-Azim
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CalculatingandComparingIrrigation

PumpingCostsUserGuide

Introduction
Determiningcosteffectiveenergysourcesforirrigationpumpingneedsisamanagementpracticethat
canreducecostsandsaveenergy.Utilizingthisspreadsheetcanhelptheuserdeterminethecostper
acreforinputsofvariousfuelsandpumps,allowingtheusertoselectthecosteffectivepumping
solutionfortheirindividualneeds.Six(6)typesofirrigationpumpingsolutionsarecomparedinthis
spreadsheet:(Diesel(cellsB8:B17),Electrical,VerticalLineShaft(cellsE8:E17),Electrical,Submersible
Pump(cellsH8:H17),NaturalGas(cellsB21:B30),LiquidPetroleum(cellsE21:E30),andGasoline(cells
H21:H30).
Inputs
Theusermustinputsix(6)unknownsforeachenergysourcetobecompared.Head,thepressure
exertedbyafluid(basedonheightthewaterisliftedanddischargepressure),shouldbeputincellsB8,
E8,H8,B21,E21,andH21inftformat.
PriceoftheenergysourceshouldbeputincellsB9,E9,H9,B22,E22,andH22.Theenergysourceprice
fordiesel,liquidpetroleum,andgasolineisin$/gallon(cellsB9,E22,andH22);forbothelectricalpumps
is$/KWH(cellsE9andH9);andfornaturalgasis$/ccf(cellB22).
ThepoweroutputoftheenergycourseshouldbeputincellsB10,E10,H10,B23,E23,andH23.The
poweroutputfordiesel,liquidpetroleum,andgasolineisinhphr/gallon(cellsB10,E23,andH23);for
bothelectricalpumpsishphr/KWH(cellsE10andH10);andfornaturalgasishphr/ccf(cellB23).
PumpefficiencyislocatedincellsB11,E11,H11,B24,E24,andH24,andgearheadefficiencyislocated
incellsB12,E12,H12,B25,E25,andH25.RoutineMaintenanceislocatedincellsB15,E15,H15,B28,
E28,andH28.Eachoftheseisinpercentageformat.
Guidelinesforacceptableandappropriatevaluesforeachoftheseinputsareaccessiblebyselectingthe
cell.Apopuptabwillgiveadditionalinformationforeachcell.
Iftheuserdoesnotknowthehead,he/shemayinputtheheightthewaterisliftedintocellJ12infeet
andthedischargepressureintocellJ15inpsi.TheheadwillbecalculatedintocellJ18.
Inordertocalculatepumpingcostperacre,theusermustinputtheinchesofwaterpumpedperacre
intocellJ26.
IntermediateValues
Energycostsandoperatedcostsarecalculatedandputinthefollowingcells:Diesel(cellsB13,B14and
B16,B17),Electrical,VerticalLineShaft(cellsE13,E14andE16,E17),Electrical,SubmersiblePump(cells
H13,H14andH16,H17),NaturalGas(cellsB26,B27andB29,B30),LiquidPetroleum(cellsE26,E27and
E29,E30),andGasoline(cellsH26,H27andH29,H30).ThevaluesincellsB,E,andH13andB,E,andH
26areenergycostsin$/acin;andthevaluesincellsB,E,andH14andB,E,andH27areenergycostsin
$/acft.ThevaluesincellsB,E,andH16andB,E,andH29areoperatingcostsin$/acin;andthevalues
incellsB,E,andH17andB,E,andH30areoperatingcostsin$/acft.
FinalTableofCostperAcre
Calculationsforthecostperacre(forausergivennumberofinchespumpedperacre)arefoundincells
J28:L35.ColumnJisthetypeofenergysource(J30:J35),columnKgivestheenergycostfortheenergy
source(K30:K35),andcolumnLgivestheoperatingcostfortheenergysource(L30:35).
Foradditionalinformation,[email protected].

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