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Impact of Virtual Flow Rate Meter on Brushless DC Motor Based PV-Water Pumping System.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Photovoltaic (PV) water-pumping systems have considerable cost-effective value in rural zones. Virtual flow rate (VFR) meter is a technique to measure the water flow rate through a water pump using a numerical method as a function of the pump head, motor power, and overall efficiency of the pump. VFR meter eliminates the need for rotor speed sensors in PV water pumping systems. In this paper, the virtual flow meter is proposed as a novel reference for improving maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms for PV water-pumping systems. VFR meter removes the expensive flow meter sensors, hence, reducing the overall costs of the system. The VFR will be represented as a new variable in the MPPT algorithm. By replacing the voltage with the instantaneous VFR, the system will operate based on the variation of the VFR meter measurements. Using the physical parameters of a submersible Brushless DC motor pump-based PV water-pumping system, a mathematical model is derived to obtain the input voltage to MPPT algorithm as a function of the instantaneous flow rate. The model is implemented by Mat lab/Simulink software and the results reveal the applicability and efficiency of using the virtual flow meter in MPPT algorithms.

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2020.123899

Keywords

Photovoltaic, MPPT, Submersible water pump, Brushless DC motor, Water flow meter

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abdo

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Affiliation

Electrical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University

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mahmoud.abdo.alfa@gmail.com

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Mansoura

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Mohammed

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Ahmed Mohammed Saeed

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Electrical Engineering Department-Faculty of Engineering-Mansoura University.

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mohammedsaid@mans.edu.eg

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Mansoura

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First Name

Magdi

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El-Saadawi

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Electrical Engineering Department-Faculty of Engineering-Mansoura University

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m_saadawi@mans.edu.eg

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45

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4

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17795

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-05-22

Publish Date

2020-11-18

Page Start

9

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17

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

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BFEMU_Volume 45_Issue 4_Pages 9-17.pdf

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1,205

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MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

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https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023