Effect of installed photovoltaic array capacity on the performance of surface pumping systems

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Photovoltaic PV pumping system Surface pump Pump performance

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M. Rungsiyopas
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Burapha University, 169 Longhaad Bangsaen Road, Saensook, Mueang, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand
C. Chuenwattanapraniti
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Burapha University, 169 Longhaad Bangsaen Road, Saensook, Mueang, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand

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This research aims to study the effect of installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity on performance of surface pump powered by photovoltaic array under several heads. The PV pumping system test rig was developed in laboratory and the data collected from the experiments were used for water flow rate prediction. In the experiments, for a particular head, numbers of PV module are varied. The daily water flow rate for each system configuration is also estimated and compared with the others. Finally, the subsystem efficiencies were calculated in order to indicate the effect of installed PV generation capacity. This performance comparison allows the system designers to optimize the PV array sizes to achieve high system efficient and cover their daily water demand.

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Rungsiyopas, M., & Chuenwattanapraniti, C. (2018). Effect of installed photovoltaic array capacity on the performance of surface pumping systems. Journal of Research and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, 5(2), 82–93. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jrame/article/view/133639
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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017)
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