Design And Implementation Of Photovoltaic Water Pumping System

The solar photovoltaic system is considered as one of the most promising applications for a future sustainable supply power notably in remote areas where the electricity is unavailable or unreliable. Due to the continuous improvement of solar cell technology and the decrease in manufacturing cost, photovoltaic powered water pumps have received considerable attention in the last few years to satisfy the basic need for a large proportion of the world's rural population. This dissertation deals with the modeling and simulation of a photovoltaic water pumping system consisting of PV panel as a generator, power conditioning unit that constitutes of a buck-boost chopper and single phase full bridge inverter to feed a single phase induction motor actuating centrifugal pump. The pump feeds the water tank in order to use it when the sun is not shining. The simulation was carried out through MA TLAB/SIMULINK software using the equivalent electric circuit of each component for each subsystem then the overall system consisting of the subsystems shows the feasibility of the entire photovoltaic water pumping system. This research gives an emphasis on power electronic stage, a DC/DC buck boost chopper was designed and realized, showing its efficiency when connecting to the system. This work stresses on system sizing which is important in order to design a successful installation, HOMER software has been used to recognize the system sizing and it shows a high performance in term of sensitivity analysis of a wide range of input which may affect the system's behavior. The system sizing has been achieved reliably and economically through two criteria which are Annual Capacity Shortage (ACS) and Levelized Cost of Energy (LCE), the results could then serve as a starting point for the designing and optimizing of a successful installation. A prototype hardware of water pumping system which can be used for domestic purposes was built and tested, the experimental results were satisfactory

Solar array fed synchronous reluctance motor driven water pump : an improved performance under partial shading conditions

An improved performance of a photovoltaic (PV) pumping system employing a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) under partial shading conditions is proposed. The system does not include the dc-dc converter that is predominantly being utilized for maximizing the output power of the PV array. In addition, storage batteries are also not contained. A conventional inverter connected directly to the PV array is used to drive the SynRM. Further, a control strategy is proposed to drive the inverter so that the maximum output power of the PV array is achieved while the SynRM is working at the maximum torque per Ampere condition. Consequently, this results in an improved system efficiency and cost. Moreover, two maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques are compared under uniform and partial shadow irradiation conditions. The first MPPT algorithm is based on the conventional perturbation and observation (P&O) method and the second one uses a differential evolution (DE) optimization technique. It is found that the DE optimization method leads to a higher PV output power than using the P&O method under the partial shadow condition. Hence, the pump flow rate is much higher. However, under a uniform irradiation level, the PV system provides the available maximum power using both MPPT techniques. The experimental measurements are obtained to validate the theoretical work

Hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator powered synchronous reluctance motor for pumping applications

The interest in photovoltaic (PV) pumping systems has increased, particularly in rural areas where there is no grid supply available. However, both the performance and the cost of the whole system are still an obstacle for a wide spread of this technology. In this article, a hybrid photovoltaic (PV)-thermoelectric generator (TEG) is investigated for pumping applications. The electric drivetrain comprises a synchronous reluctance motor and an inverter. A control strategy for the drivetrain is employed to execute two main tasks: 1) driving the motor properly to achieve a maximum torque per Ampere condition and 2) maximizing the output power of the PV system at different weather conditions. This means that the conventional DC-DC converter is not used in the proposed system. Moreover, batteries, which are characterized by short life expectancy and high replacement cost, are also not used. It is found that the motor output power and the pump flow rate are increased by about 9.5% and 12% respectively when the hybrid PV-TEG array is used compared to only using PV array. Accordingly, the performance, cost and complexity of the system are improved. Measurements on an experimental laboratory setup are constructed to validate the theoretical results of this work

Boost converter fed high performance BLDC drive for solar PV array powered air cooling system

This paper proposes the utilization of a DC-DC boost converter as a mediator between a Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) array and the Voltage Source Inverters (VSI) in an SPV array powered air cooling system to attain maximum efficiency. The boost converter, over the various common DC-DC converters, offers many advantages in SPV based applications. Further, two Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are employed in the proposed air cooling system: one to run the centrifugal water pump and the other to run a fan-blower. Employing a BLDC motor is found to be the best option because of its top efficiency, supreme reliability and better performance over a wide range of speeds. The air cooling system is developed and simulated using the MATLAB/Simulink environment considering the steady state variation in the solar irradiance. Further, the efficiency of BLDC drive system is compared with a conventional Permanent Magnet DC (PMDC) motor drive system and from the simulated results it is found that the proposed system performs better

Standalone photovoltaic array fed induction motor driven water pumping system

Due to the absence of energy transmission lines connected to the water pumping sites in remote areas, problems related to the electrical power outages and the environmental degradation caused by fossil fuel. For this one of the most conceived solutions is the photovoltaic water pumping technology which has the advantage of being sustainable and respectful of the environment to supply water to rural areas. To ensure the need of water, especially for domestic use and small communities, in this article, the photovoltaic energy system for autonomous water pumping using the induction motor was presented, particularly adapted to the isolated regions. Pumping system consists of four photovoltaic (PV) panels, boost converter, inverter, induction motor, centrifugal pump and a storage tank. In this study, the output power of a PV solar cell is fully used by proposing the P&O algorithm, where it is used to follow a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique. The recommended system is designed, modeled and simulated on the MATLAB/Simulink platform. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is observed with variable solar sunshine

Literature Survey On Standalone Pumping Station For Agriculture Purpose Using Solar PV

The concept of the project is to utilize the abundant solar energy available, harness it for effective work output. Here we are trying to use solar energy to run the centrifugal pump for lifting the water from the well. This can be utilized for different purpose like irrigation for agriculture & nurseries, etc. Here we are collecting all information about which kind of constraints required for planning of standalone pumping station for agriculture purpose. In this paper we are finding out which are power electronics applications in renewable energy sources. This document will help all researcher to start work on Solar PV’s, irrigation using renewable energy , as well as for finding the power electronics application in renewable energy sources. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.15036

Study and comparison results of the field oriented control for photovoltaic water pumping system applied on two cities in Morocco

In this papier, a low-cost solar photovoltaic water pumping system based on an induction motor without the use of chemical energy storage is presented. In literature, we can find several Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms, the choice of the algorithm is according to the nature of application. In this article, Variable Step Size Incremental Conductance MPPT method has been developed since it is fast and has less oscillations. The studied photovoltaic pumping system contains a centrifugal pump which is driven by a three-phase asynchronous motor. To control the water flow, the field-oriented control has been implemented. The control system is applied on two cities with different climatic conditions to evaluate their performance. The photovoltaic pumping system is developed using the MATLAB/Simulink software to discuss the results obtained. Consequently, the proposed MPPT based on the incremental conductance variable step shows good performances in terms of efficiency and tracking speed

Smart windows: Thermal modelling and evaluation

Copyright @ 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article shared under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).A numerical investigation of the performance of a multi paned smart window integrated with water-cooled high efficiency third generation GaAsP/InGaAs QWSC (∼32% efficiency) solar cells illuminated by two-axis tracking solar concentrators at 500× in the inter pane space is presented. Optimising system parameters such as optical concentration ratio and coolant (water) flow rate is essential in order to avoid degradation in system performance due to high cell temperatures and thermal stresses. Detailed modelling of the thermo-fluid characteristics of the smart windows system was undertaken using a finite volume CFD package. Results of this analysis which considered the conductive, convective and radiative heat exchange processes taking place in the interior of the smart window system as well as the heat exchange to the internal and external ambient environment are presented.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Counci