RESEARCH ARTICLE

PV based water pumping system for agricultural irrigation

  • T A BINSHAD 1 ,
  • K VIJAYAKUMAR , 1 ,
  • M KALEESWARI 2
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  • 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
  • 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Poornima University, Jaipur 302017, India

Received date: 03 Sep 2015

Accepted date: 26 Nov 2015

Published date: 07 Sep 2016

Copyright

2016 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

This paper investigates the operation and analysis of the photovoltaic water pumping system in detail. Power electronic controllers were designed and developed for the water pumping system using a boost converter along with an inverter followed by an induction motor pump set. The proposed system could be employed in agricultural irrigation under any operating condition of varying natures of solar irradiances and temperatures. The configuration and implementation of the system were described in detail. Further, the detailed method of analysis and simulation characteristics of such PV water pumping system was also presented. With the concern of shortage of fossil fuel, global warming and energy security, the proposed PV based water pumping system can meet the significant demand of electricity and serve for the agricultural sector.

Cite this article

T A BINSHAD , K VIJAYAKUMAR , M KALEESWARI . PV based water pumping system for agricultural irrigation[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2016 , 10(3) : 319 -328 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-016-0409-7

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the authorities of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India and Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB) for support and the research seed grant.
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