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Performance Analysis of Cost Effective Portable Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System

  • Parmar, Richa (Department of Solar Photovoltaics, National Institute of Solar Energy) ;
  • Banerjee, Chandan (Department of Solar Photovoltaics, National Institute of Solar Energy) ;
  • Tripathi, Arun K. (Department of Solar Photovoltaics, National Institute of Solar Energy)
  • Received : 2021.02.21
  • Accepted : 2021.04.06
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

Solar water pumping system (SWPS) is reliable and beneficial for Indian farmers in irrigation and crop production without accessing utility. The capability of easy installation and deployment, makes it an attractive option in remote areas without grid access. The selection of portable solar based pumps is pertaining to its longer life and economic viability due to lower running cost. The work presented in this manuscript intends to demonstrate performance analysis of portable systems. Consequent investigation reveals PSWS as the emerging option for rural household and marginal farmers. This can be attributed to the fact that, a considerable portion (around 45.7%) of the country's land is farmland and irrigation options are yet to reach farmers who entirely rely on rain water at present for harvesting of the crops. According to census 2010-2011 tube wells are the main source for irrigation amongst all other sources followed by canals. Out of the total 64.57-million-hectare net irrigation area, 48.16% is accounted by small and marginal holdings, 43.77% by semi-medium and medium holdings, and 8.07% by large holdings. As per 2015-16 census data, nearly 100 million farming households would struggle to make ends meet. The work included in this manuscript, presents the performance of different commercial brands and different technologies of DC surface solar water micro pumping systems have been studied (specifically, the centrifugal and reciprocating type pumps have been considered for analysis). The performance of the pumping systems has been analyzed and data is evaluated in terms of quantity of water impelled for specific head. The reciprocating pump has been observed to deliver the best system efficiency.

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Acknowledgement

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Mr. Jitendra Lakhani, Future Pumps Ltd.(India) and Mr. Anupam Baral, Geetanjali Pumps Ltd. (India), for their valuable guidance.

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