Life Cycle Assessment of Diesel Fuel and Solar Pumps in Operation Stage for Rice Cultivation in Tanta, Nile Delta, Egypt

A validated model of a photovoltaic water pumping system for off-grid rural communities

“…11°). Figure 10 presents the different components of the irradiance retrieved from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service for the location of Gogma and the irradiance on the plane of the PV modules obtained by applying equation (10). Figure 10 Components of the irradiance from satellite data and derived irradiance on the plane of the PV modules.…”

“…This is notably due to the fact that, thanks to the decreasing costs of photovoltaic (PV) modules [7], these systems have become competitive in off-grid rural areas in terms of life cycle cost [8]. Moreover, they do not emit greenhouse gases at generation point [9], are silent [10], and have low maintenance [11] and operation [12] requirements.…”

A Multi-Criteria Assessment of Water Supply in Ugandan Refugee Settlements

“…Several studies have compared solar and diesel-powered groundwater-pumping systems in developing countries, but not for refugee camps. Diesel systems appear to be more harmful from an environmental point of view [10] and more expensive than solar if considering a timeframe of 20 years for systems below 19,000 m 3 /year [11,12] or after 25 years [13][14][15]. The same conclusion has been reached after 10 [16] or 5 years of operation [17].…”

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“…Kumar & Kaur [8] developed an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based model which used for identify theoretical potential of solar radiation for solar energy applications in solar heating, agriculture, solar lighting system and solar power plant erection etc. Korpale [1] Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal assessed performance of water pumping system using solar photovoltaic power and electrical power in which solar power obtained maximum flow rate was 69 l/min against 65 l/min for electrical power [9][10][11]. Several research and practices result of solar power and pumping system in agriculture are described in Table 1.…”