• DocumentCode
    1598731
  • Title

    High efficiency Photovoltaic Pump System with double pumps

  • Author

    Qing, Fu ; Xiaogao, Chen ; Lei, Xie

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Eng., Sun Yat-sen Univ.
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    The efficiency of photovoltaic pump system (PVPS) varies with the solar irradiation and it is important to select the suitable pump to improve the efficiency of PVPS. Pump with higher head works longer but is in lower efficiency when solar irradiation is powerful in noon. The paper proposes a maximum power trace (MPPT) controller for PVPS and a novel scheme with double pumps to improve efficiency of PVPS. The pump with higher head works when solar irradiation is weak while the pump with lower head is automatically switched to work when solar irradiation is powerful. The experiment proves the higher efficiency of PVPS with double pumps.
  • Keywords
    photovoltaic power systems; pumping plants; water supply; MPPT controller; double pumps; high efficiency photovoltaic pump system; maximum power trace controller; solar irradiation; AC motors; Analog-digital conversion; DC motors; Photovoltaic systems; Physics; Power engineering and energy; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Sun; Water storage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics, 2007. ICPE '07. 7th Internatonal Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daegu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1871-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1872-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPE.2007.4692436
  • Filename
    4692436