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Photovoltaic Pumps: Technical and Practical Aspects for Applications in Agriculture

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  • A. Petroselli
  • P. Biondi
  • A. Colantoni
  • D. Monarca
  • M. Cecchini
  • A. Marucci
  • Cividino Sirio

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The paper deals with a series of tests conducted on a PV-DC pump in Viterbo (42°24′ North, 12°06′ East). The tests lasted from January 2003 up to November 2004 and involved measurements of solar radiation, on both a horizontal surface and the tilted module surface, flow rates, volumes, and total dynamic heads. In total, up to 3000 data were collected every day whose analysis allowed us to find empirical relationships among system efficiencies, solar radiations, and total dynamic heads. In the second part of the paper we develop a simple method that allows both the assessment of performances of the whole system when installed in a different site from that in which the tests were performed and the optimal inclination angle of the panel to be determined in relation to annual or seasonal use (see irrigation).

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  • A. Petroselli & P. Biondi & A. Colantoni & D. Monarca & M. Cecchini & A. Marucci & Cividino Sirio, 2012. "Photovoltaic Pumps: Technical and Practical Aspects for Applications in Agriculture," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2012, pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:343080
    DOI: 10.1155/2012/343080
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