Wind for irrigation application

Author

Parigi, Fabio ; Gachovska, Tanya Kirilova ; Hudgins, Jerry ; Patterson, Dean

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

24-26 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The remarkably high and unstable fuel cost due to the international situation could impact the local agricultural operating cost and significantly affect rural development. Regular water wheels require fuel to run the motor pumps in them to supply water during the irrigation season. A wind generation system that is connected to the irrigation system and electric grid is proposed here. This involves electric power generated from the wind turbine being used to drive a water pump to fill a storage tank and the excess being sold to the electric grid. Water storage allows for optimization of both wind resources over time with respect to irrigation needs and electricity sell back rates at during the day/night and season times. The new scheme helps in decreasing carbon emission, generates electricity from renewable sources connected to the grid and reduces the dependence on foreign oil.

Keywords

air pollution control; irrigation; renewable energy sources; water storage; wind power plants; wind turbines; carbon emission; electric grid; irrigation system; local agricultural operating cost; motor pumps; renewable sources; water storage; water wheels; wind generation system; wind resources; wind turbine; Costs; Fuels; Irrigation; Mesh generation; Power generation; Power systems; Water storage; Wheels; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; Economic evaluation; Water pumping; irrigation; rural development; wind power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Machines in Wind Applications, 2009. PEMWA 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4935-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4936-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEMWA.2009.5208331

Filename

5208331