Photovoltaic Water Pumping System in Niger

Madougou, Saïdou; Mohamadou, Kaka; Gregoire, Sissoko

doi:10.5772/54790

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“…Operation scenarios are different in each study; one scenario determines the peak power requirements for pumping stations by about 165 MW, of which 105 MW is allocated for main Mubarak Pumping Station. The associated annual energy requirements are about 950 GWh, of which 575 GWh is allocated for the main pumping station [8].…”

Section: Toshka Project Characteristics and Energy Requirementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Water-Pumping Using Powered Solar System - More Than an Environmentally Alternative: The Case of Toshka, Egypt

Abo‐Khalil¹,

Ahmed²

2016

JENR

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In this paper, a solar powered water pumping system for supplying water to irrigate part of Toshka project is proposed. The design considers several factors including the crop, the size of the planting region, the number of peak sun hours, the efficiency of the solar array and its electronics, the pumping elevation and the pump efficiency. The pumping power to irrigate different crops that could be grown in Toshka is calculated. The proposed system consists of a vector control of induction motor coupled with a centrifugal hydraulic pump, the induction motor drive is fed by DC-DC converters with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) to extract the whole energy that the PV panels can generate. The effectiveness of the proposed system has been verified by simulation results and showed reasonable level for implementation that would assist the development at the region both economically and environmentally.

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“…Photovoltaic water pump sizing is the determination of the power of the solar generator that will provide the desired amount of water. The photovoltaic water pump sizing consists of [8]:…”

Section: Calculating the Required Pumping Powermentioning

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Water-Pumping Using Powered Solar System - More Than an Environmentally Alternative: The Case of Toshka, Egypt

Abo‐Khalil¹,

Ahmed²

2016

JENR

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“…Other studies have examined the technical performance, , the water–energy nexus, and the financial benefits of solar water pumps over diesel and grid-connected pumps . Beyond India, others have examined the techno-economic feasibility of solar water pumps in Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, − and the Mediterranean . Armanuos et al also estimated the environmental impacts of solar and diesel pumps for rice cultivation in Egypt.…”

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Tapping the Unused Energy Potential of Solar Water Pumps in India

Keskar,

Soni,

Shukla

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…African developing nations, as the rest of the world, rely heavily on fossil fuels, despite the negative impacts mentioned above to cover their energy demand [2]. They have high solar irradiation, and are progressively adopting renewable energy sources in their politics, which have very low impacts [3].…”

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Optimal sizing of a solar water pumping system for Koyli Alpha Village, Senegal

Mbow

Sadio

Tchanche

et al. 2022

IJPEDS

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Our objective is to solve problems of water supply in the village of Koyli Alpha, in Senegal. Theirs boreholes are supplied by diesel fuels causing environmental drawbacks and the populations don’t satisfy their water demand. In order to bring a positive response, we used solar energy to give back the borehole’s autonomous and proposed intuitive and numerical methods applying on solar water pumping for finding the best method. A previous study used intuitive methods for determining the size of various components. In order to optimize the energy production, we propose two numerical sizing approaches in order to have an optimal operation. Then, we developed two solar cell temperature models in the numerical sizing method and did a simulation of system operating in MATLAB software. The first model of solar cell temperature depends only on the ambient temperature and the second one combines wind speed and ambient temperature. The results of simulation showed that among these numerical sizing methods, we choose the second solar cell temperature expression, which gives the best performance. The numerical sizing method which uses the second solar cell temperature model yields to the reduction of battery’s size and the total life cycle cost found in the intuitive method, by 54% and 32%, respectively.

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Photovoltaic Water Pumping System in Niger

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Water-Pumping Using Powered Solar System - More Than an Environmentally Alternative: The Case of Toshka, Egypt

Water-Pumping Using Powered Solar System - More Than an Environmentally Alternative: The Case of Toshka, Egypt

Tapping the Unused Energy Potential of Solar Water Pumps in India

Optimal sizing of a solar water pumping system for Koyli Alpha Village, Senegal

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