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Bancha Sreewirote , Akeratana Noppakant , Chaichan Pothisarn
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thonburi University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkuts Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
e-mail: srbancha7@gmail.com, chaichan.po@kmitl.ac.th
AbstractRenewable energy gain a lot of attention due to presented [4]. The result reveal that efficiency of the system
rapid energy consumption growth and environmental issue is related to operate frequency of water pump. In
especially solar power. This paper aim to present the designed Bangladesh, the case study of solar water pump using DC
and analysis of solar water pump to replace conventional diesel motor with batteries for energy storage has been designed
water pump that agriculturist currently used. The prototypes
and built with its performance evaluation is presented in
of solar water pump have been built and installed at southern
province of Thailand. The prototype of proposed system has
Khan and et al. research [5]. The result shown the satisfy
been evaluated in term of its performance in actual field test. performance with less operation cost than conventional water
In addition, economic analysis also performs in order to pump. The complex system that including storage system is
evaluate the feasibility of solar power in water pump discussed in [6]. The research discussed above has reveal the
application. potential for solar water pump system to replace conventional
pumping system in order to improve energy efficiency.
Keywords-solar water pump; photovoltaic system; economic For the economic perspective in solar water pump, many
analysis researches and case studies has been done to evaluate the
feasibility in its application [7]-[9]. The case study of solar
I. INTRODUCTION water pump using in mining application from economic
point of view is propose [7]. The study has shown that
The renewable energy has gain a lot of attention due to Photovoltaic (PV) system provide an attractive promise
increase awareness in energy and environmental issue. The especially with full capacity on favorable condition.
energy consumption has been increase significantly due to Economic and sensitivity analysis for water pumping based
rapid economic and population growth. Renewable energy on various options reveal that photovoltaic system with
especially solar power has been rapidly growth in term of energy storage is cheaper than other types and it can be
penetration level and variety of application. One of an reducing energy cost further with rising fuel price [8]. The
application is water pumping system. Conventional water policy challenge and issue for solar irrigation pump in
pump mainly used diesel motor or electric motor that require Bangladesh has been discussed [9]. The feasibility has been
an energy from outside source such as fuel or electrical grid. presented from economic perspective. From the literature
Thailand is still largely dominant agricultural sector despite review discussed above, it can be seen that solar water pump
continually growth in industrial and decreasing in cultivate has potential to replace conventional diesel or electric water
area. Currently, agricultural from area that located far from pump due to its advantages in energy efficiency.
irrigation system has been using water pump in order to get This paper aim to presented the solar water pump system
water for cultivate area. However, the conventional water performance analysis in term of system performance
and
pump can be economic burden for agriculturist from energy economic feasibility for replacement conventional diesel or
cost. This result in opportunity for newly solar water pump electrical water pump. The prototypes unit has been
technology that based on renewable energy with low designed, built, installed and test in Nakhon Ratchasima
operation cost. province, Thailand. System performance has been evaluating
Solar water pump system has been constantly developing in actual field test and the economic analysis has been done
and improving over a period of time. Research by Sontake in order to provide the feasibility of solar power in water
and Kalamkar has review current solar water pump pump application.
technology, it concerns and performance in each types of
technologies has been addressed [1]. The differentiate II. SOLAR WATER PUMP DESIGN
between conventional power source and photovoltaic power The proposed solar water pump has been designed with
source does not affect motor characteristic. However, the principles that its must have similar requirement compare to
photovoltaic power has better advantages in term of output currently using diesel water pump in order to replace it
efficiency by 39% according to Korpale and et al. research without any problem. Requirement for flow rate in this case
[2]. Effect in term of different types of photovoltaic panel on 3
study site is 3,000 litre per hour or 0.00083 m /s. The water
solar water pump has been discussed in [3]. Using case velocity can be calculate using equation (1)
study in Brazil, the result shown that polycrystalline has
better Q
efficiency with less cost per volume of water pump. The V (1)
model simulation and field test of solar power water pump is A
Cmin Ed (3)
When
Measurement
Point 2
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Figure 2. Diagram of solar water pump.
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Solar Panel
Charge Controller
miscellaneous
Installation Cost
Figure 5. Voltage, current and tempurature at battery.
*35THB = 1USD
V. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
The economic analysis for solar water pump has been
done in order to evaluate the feasibility of solar water pump
compare to conventional diesel water pump. The water
usage statistic reveal that designated research area has
average water usage approximately 8,000 liters per day and
water pump has pumping capacity at 2,800 liters per hour.
The current diesel water pump operate schedule is 3 hours
of water pumping per storage tank and system is
operate average at 180 pumping per year. The cost of system
equipment and installation are described in Table 1.