SOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR TURF AREA | ||
| Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering | ||
| Article 8, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 123-140 PDF (932.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjae.2019.94444 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. Mohamed* 1; A. El-Gindy1; Y. Arafa1; A. Hegazi2 | ||
| 1Agric. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt. | ||
| 2Nuclear Research Center, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Solar water pumping system may be a competitive application for remote and luxurious areas where power costs a lot. One may argue that solar photovoltaic water pumping systems not only comprises an environmentally friendly solution, but also contributes substantially to the satisfaction of remote communities’ water consumption needs. Therefore, the study aimed to manage pump for sprinkler irrigation system operated by solar power in small area of turf. The required hydraulic experiment and measurements were conducted using Direct-coupled photovoltaic pumping system to operating sprinkler irrigation network at the experimental farm of soil and water Research Department, Nuclear Research Center, located at Inshas, Sharkia Governorate, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. The essential idea to operate the sprinkler irrigation system and fulfill the water needs of turf area was to use a locally assembled pump-set to match the photovoltaic generator unsteady output. Results indicated that, for Six sprinklers the hourly, daily average discharge were 3.3, 6.3, 8.3 and 3.9 m3/h at Jan., Apr., Jul., and Oct. respectively at operating pressure 1.8 bar. When the efficiency is 15 % at 11:00 am | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Solar; sprinkler irrigation system; Photovoltaic cell; water pumping; turf; landscape | ||
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