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The efficiency of small solar photovoltaic water pumping systems
This paper examines the losses in small photovoltaic pumping systems and considers how they may be reduced. It suggests that the complete subsystem, pump motor and controller, could achieve nearly 70 % efficiency, and maintain it over a wide range of insolations and heads. An improvement of about 50 % in overall day-average performance is possible if the system design is optimised. To achieve such performance in practice will require specially designed motors, with relatively large magnets, and careful attention to detail design to minimise losses throughout the system.
The efficiency of small solar photovoltaic water pumping systems
This paper examines the losses in small photovoltaic pumping systems and considers how they may be reduced. It suggests that the complete subsystem, pump motor and controller, could achieve nearly 70 % efficiency, and maintain it over a wide range of insolations and heads. An improvement of about 50 % in overall day-average performance is possible if the system design is optimised. To achieve such performance in practice will require specially designed motors, with relatively large magnets, and careful attention to detail design to minimise losses throughout the system.
The efficiency of small solar photovoltaic water pumping systems
Der Wirkungsgrad von kleinen photovoltaisch betriebenen Wasserpumpensystemen
Whitfield, G.R. (author) / Bentley, R.W. (author)
1989
4 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 2 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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