Simulation and performance of a photovoltaic pumping system

Lawrance, W.B.; Wichert, B.; Langridge, D.

doi:10.1109/peds.1995.404869

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“…In [1] a brushless DC motor solar water pumping system is described and simulated. The system model is developed from an individual component to assess the overall performance of the system.…”

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Dynamic Modeling, Control, and Analysis of a Solar Water Pumping System for Libya

Shebani

Iqbal

2017

Journal of Renewable Energy

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In recent years, one of the suitable solar photovoltaic (PV) applications is a water pumping system. The simplest solar PV pumping system consists of PV array, DC-DC converter, DC motor, and water pump. In this paper, water pumping system sizing for Libya is evaluated based on a daily demand using HOMER software, and dynamic modeling of a solar PV water pumping system using a Permanent Magnet DC (PMDC) motor is presented in Matlab/Simulink environment. The system performance with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) based on Fractional Open Circuit Voltage (FOCV) is evaluated with and without a battery storage system. In some applications, a rated voltage is needed to connect a PMDC motor to a PV array through a DC-DC converter and in other applications the input voltage can vary. The evaluation of the system is based on the performance during a change in solar irradiation. Using Matlab/Simulink, simulation results are assessed to see the efficiency of the system when it is operating at a specific speed or at the MPPT. The results show that an improvement in the system efficiency can be achieved when the PMDC motor is running at a specific speed rather than at the peak PV power point.

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Dynamic Modeling, Control, and Analysis of a Solar Water Pumping System for Libya

Shebani

Iqbal

2017

Journal of Renewable Energy

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“…Setting up of new power plants is inevitably dependent on import of highly volatile fossil fuels. Thus, it is essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundantly available renewable energy resources, such as biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy and Ocean energy [3][4][5][6].…”

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Modern Solar Powered Irrigation Sysytem by Using Arm

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2014

IJRET

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“…Studies mostly concentrated on DC motors cause of energy obtained from solar panel is DC [3]- [8]. These are shown that better results were obtained for performance analysis [9]- [11].…”

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confidence: 99%