Solar Water Pumping
A handbook
A 'state of the art' survey, with guides to costs and criteria for choice of pumping methods.
Published: 1985
Pages: 132
eBook: 9781780443430
Paperback: 9780946688906
Foreword | |||
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Acknowledgements | |||
List of Figures | |||
List of Tables | |||
1. Is Solar Pumping for You? | |||
1.1 Purpose of this Handbook | |||
1.2 Energy for Water Pumping | |||
1.3 The Solar Resource | |||
1.4 Typical Water Pumping Applications | |||
1.5 Overview of Solar Pump Viability | |||
2. The Technology | |||
2.1 Photovoltaic Pumping Systems | |||
2.2 Photovoltaic Arrays | |||
2.3 The Motor and Pump Subsystem | |||
2.4 Storage and Distribution | |||
2.5 A Typical Day's Operation | |||
3. Site Evaluation | |||
3.1 Assessing Water Requirements | |||
3.2 Solar Energy Availability | |||
3.3 System Sizing | |||
3.4 Specifying Performance | |||
4. Economic Assessment | |||
4.1 Methodologies for Economic Evaluation | |||
4.2 Procedure for a Cost Appraisal of Water Pumping | |||
4.3 Guidance on Costs and Economic Viability | |||
5. Procurement, Installation and Monitoring | |||
5.1 Procurement | |||
5.2 Installation and Operation | |||
5.3 Monitoring and Evaluation | |||
Appendix 1. Solar Radiation Data | |||
Appendix 2. Present Worth Factors | |||
Appendix 3. Equations used for system sizing | |||
Appendix 4. Examples | |||
Appendix 5. Blank Format Sheets | |||
Appendix 6. Example Tender Documents | |||
Appendix 7. Glossary and List of Symbols Used |
Jeff Kenna
He has worked throughout the world specialising in energy policy analysis and evaluation of clean energy technologies for both public bodies such as the European Commission and World Bank and for large commercial companies. Kenna resigned as chief executive of Camco in 2009 and is currently non-executive chairman and working on several new clean energy initiatives.
Bill Gillet
William Gillet is Head of Unit for Renewable Energy, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation [European Commission]
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