OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SOLAR POWERED WATERPUMPS FOR BOREHOLES

Abubakar Jibrin Abdullahi, Tanimu Garba Ibrahim, and Aminu Omeiza

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic

E-mail: abdrrrauf35@gmail.com    

ABSTRACT

Recent studies confirm that fossil fuel consumption accounts for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions which have largely contributed to global warming. Therefore, utilization of renewable sources is vital today. A step towards increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix is the design of solar powered pumps which is discussed in this research. The basic principle of a solar pump is to utilize the energy generated by the solar panel and stored in the battery. The charged battery acts as a fuel tank and is used to supply electricity to drive the pump that supplies water for commercial, industrial and agricultural use. This paper has discussed  from past literature the use of modeling and simulation to determine the performance of a photovoltaic pump, and produced a model for solar water pumping system and simulates the results that will gives a PV size, pump size and pump efficiency and the cost of providing water.

Keywords: Photovoltaic, solar pump, submersible, cost of energy, renewable, panel

Received for Publication on 1 March 2019 and Accepted in Final Form 15 March 2019