Pivot DesignAmerican Irrigation

Center pivot design summary

Acres, TDH, generator and pump HP, and annual energy cost from Pivot Design 1.52.

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Reid Bros. · American Irrigation · 9/19/2026

Yellow fields are inputs — everything else calculates live, same as the original workbook.

Pulls length and friction from Pivot pressure, current from Pivot electric, and rotation from Pivot timer.

Pivot length, ft

1,284.0

End gun radius, ft

100.0

Flow, GPM

800

Degrees

180

Irrigated acres

69.07

GPM / acre

11.58

Inches / day

0.614

System current, A

5.34

Voltage drop, V

6.33

Last tower, V

473.67

Pump TDH

Span friction, psi

8.98

Mainline friction, psi

3.20

Pressure at swivel, psi

28.31

Lower riser, psi

33.51

Pump discharge, psi

36.71

Pump TDH, ft

84.80

Pump TDH, psi

36.71

Brake HP

22.84

Energy cost

Hours / year

552

% timer for avg. app.

20.8

Generator HP @ 100%

5.95

App. generator HP

1.71

Total HP

24.55

$ / hp-hr

0.1200

Annual operating cost

$1,876