Solar water pumping

Published on 20 May 2022. Written by Gurudutt

Agricultural technology is changing quickly. Farm apparatus, farm structure, and manufacture facilities are constantly being enhanced. A solar water pumping structure contains panels and pumps. The smallest component of a panel is the solar cell. Each solar cell has two or more layers of semiconductor material that yield direct current (DC) placed when visible to light. This DC is collected by linking in the panel. It is then linked to a DC pump, which in turn pumps water whenever the sun shines and stored in series for future use by the pump. This project aims to explain the functioning of solar water pumping.

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To size and design a system correctly, you want to know:

• how much water do you need?
• when you need the water?
• whether your water source is a stream, pond or well.
• water available in gallons per minute
• well deepness
• how far the water needs to be pumped, and with what elevation gain?
• water quality problems that may harm the pump.
• how much volume is offered in storing tanks and how the tanks are settled?

Project description:

• Solar Modules: Solar electric systems are called photovoltaic systems.
• Mounting Structures: There are two ways to post solar modules, one is static structure and another is a tracking structure. Fixed mounts are less expensive and bear higher wind loading.
• Pumps: DC water pumps in general use two-third to two-fourth the energy of conventional AC pumps.
• Storage: Batteries are usually not suggested for solar-powered sprinkling systems because they decrease the total efficiency of the system and increase the maintenance cost.
• Controller or Inverter: The pump controller guards the pump against high- or low-voltage situations and capitalizes on the amount of water pumped in less than perfect light situations. An AC pump needs an inverter, an electronic component that translates DC electricity into AC power to function the pump.
• Other equipment: Adrift adjustment turns a pump on and off when storing the standard tank. It’s similar to the float in a commode tank but is certain to the pump controller.

Conclusion

The rise in the value of a photovoltaic cell is more than that of an electric cell, photovoltaic power is more cost-competitive when the irrigation system with which it functions as a low-pressure head difference.

Kit required to develop Solar water pumping:

• Solar panel

Technologies you will learn by working on Solar water pumping:

• Solar panel

Any Questions?