• DocumentCode
    1249206
  • Title

    Experience results and techno-economic feasibility of using photovoltaic generators instead of diesel motors for water pumping from rural desert wells in Jordan

  • Author

    Mahmoud, M.

  • Author_Institution
    R. Sci Society, Amman, Jordan
  • Volume
    137
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    11/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    391
  • Lastpage
    394
  • Abstract
    As an alternative to the use of diesel motors for pumping water from remote desert wells, the author illustrates the design and testing of water pumping systems powered by photovoltaic (PV) generators. Regarding reliability and economic feasibility, the comparison results of these two pumping methods, replacing diesel motors with PV systems are very encouraging. Up to a hydraulic energy equivalent of 6000 m4/day (i.e. 100 m head×60 m3/day), the cost of water pumped by PV is less than that for diesel
  • Keywords
    electric generators; photovoltaic power systems; pumps; reliability; water supply; Jordan; photovoltaic generators; reliability; rural desert wells; techno-economic feasibility; water pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE Proceedings C
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-7046
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    62474
    • Link To Document
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