Beta
172073

Performance Evaluation of Solar Pump for Landscape Irrigation System

Article

Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Experiments were performed at a private garden in Al-Qaddbah, Al-Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. The latitude and longitude of the experiment site are 30°56'37''N and 30°47'01'' E, respectively, and the altitude equals 30 m, at the 2019 season, the total landscape area (13.5m x 9m) was divided into 6 treatments each of an area (20.25 m2), three plots were operated using solar system while the other three plots were operated using electric system. The irrigation systems were similar, 4 multi-stream sprayers, (90◦) and the distance between the sprayers was (4.5*4.5 m), different operating times were applied on each plot, under local climatic and working conditions. All the plots were planted with turfgrass (Passpalm10). The obtained results show, at solar energy powered system, uniformity coefficient increased from (65% - 75%) at operating time (10 –30 min), then it decreased during operating time (40 - 60 min), while at electric energy powered system the averages of the uniformity coefficient were (76% - 80%), at operating time (10 –40 min), while at operating time (45 - 60 min) the uniformity coefficient decreased to (75%), due to the silt clogging in the sprayers' filters. The energy saving reached (63%) with solar energy operation rather than electric energy operation in the summer season. The least total cost was (351 L.E/m2/year) at the landscape area (A3 60.75m2), which was irrigated on 3 cycles per day to give the highest uniformity coefficient (75%). When operating the solar batteries at full charge 3 - 4 times for a plot area of (20.25 m2). The hydraulic power obtained was (17.86 –26.74 W), the sprayer radius was (5.3 –5.8 m), at an average pressure of (1.9 -2.5 bar) which gave the best uniformity coefficient. The turf quality index was higher using electric motor rather than solar motor.

DOI

10.21608/ajs.2021.55603.1323

Keywords

solar energy, Electric Energy, Unite area, landscape irrigation, Battery cycle

Authors

First Name

ٌRofida

Last Name

Mohamed Rashid

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams Univ, Cairo, Egypt

Email

rofida@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-7151-3263

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Hegazy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams Univ, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mahmoud_hegazy@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Bedair

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

usama_bedair@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Hewidy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mohamed.hewidy@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-9279-4906

Volume

29

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

25482

Issue Date

2021-04-01

Receive Date

2021-01-31

Publish Date

2021-04-01

Page Start

211

Page End

226

Print ISSN

1110-2675

Online ISSN

2636-3585

Link

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_172073.html

Detail API

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=172073

Order

162

Type

Original Article

Type Code

668

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Performance Evaluation of Solar Pump for Landscape Irrigation System

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023