Comparative Study Between the Track Solar PV and Fixed Solar PV in Water Pumping System

Authors : Jamilu Ya'u Muhammad, Faru Faruk Tukur, Ibrahim Umar Ibrahim, Adamu Yusuf Abdullahi, Ibrahim Sule Ahmad Abdulmajeed, Yusuf Alhaji

Pages : 36-44

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Publication Date : 2023-07-26

Article Type : Research Article

Abstract :Solar pumping system is among the renewable energy technique developed over the decades, this system is used to solve problem of water and food scarcities since the amount of rainfall is always decreasing especially in northern part of Nigeria. This research tends to design the solar pumping system with automatic tracking of the solar PV so as to optimized the amount of solar irradiance extracted by the solar PV under the climatic conditions of Kano State, Nigeria and compared the results obtained with the system without tracking technique. It was found that the total average amounts of water pumped by the tracked and fixed systems were 1370 m3/day and 804 m3/day for sunny days. And that for cloudy days were 750 m3/day and 714 m3/day. It was recommended to have developed the energy storage battery with very sensitive material that will store the solar energy extracted so as the cover the gap between the sunny and cloudy days.
Keywords : Efficiency, Electric Motor, Flow rate