Solar Pump Motor for Irrigation in Rural Areas

• Main Author: Ibrahim, Hazle
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2004
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7709/1/2004%20-%20Solar%20Pump%20Motor%20for%20Irrigation%20in%20Rural%20Areas.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7709/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

This report gives an overviewabout the solarpump motor that will be design. The main objective of this project is to design a solarpump motor system for the irrigationin rural areas. Usually the water pumping systems for irrigation in rural areas use the animal or human powersource to pump the water. Eventhough there is electric energy from the suppliers to operate the pumping system, it will coast highly. This is due to the implementation of the transmission line needed. Chapter 1 briefly explained the background of study, problem statement, objective and scope of study. In the Chapter 2, the report will discuss on the literature review and the theory behind this project. To design a solar power pump motor the understanding on each system components on how it work and basic idea of it are needed. The scopes of study for this project will include the concept of solar energy, photovoltaic (PV) panel, photovoltaic (PV) cell storage, operation of direct current(DC) and alternating current(AC), rectifier and converter and control unit. There are several methodology used in this project. The major is literature research on the internet about the present solar pump method. Beside that, the additional reading related to the solar pump motor design is also made. The Auto CAD also will be used in the design drawing of the system. All of this will be explained more on the Chapter 3. Several findings have been discovered during the research. It was found that actually the photovoltaic (PV) cell is consisting of N-type and P-type material as like a semiconductor device. The AC motor can be used even though the supply from photovoltaic (PV) cell is direct current (DC). This can be done by using an inverter. The concept of solar battery storage also has been studied during the research. There will be more explanation of findings in the Chapter 4.