Open AccessAn Efficient and Feasible Solar Irrigation System Including AC Mini-Grid Designed for Bangladeshi Agriculture
Author(s) -
Al Amin,
Tasmiah Fatema Tanni,
Md. Habibur Rahman,
Md. Raisuddin Khan,
Miah Md. Asaduzzaman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of scientific and engineering research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2229-5518
DOI - 10.14299/ijser.2018.03.016
Subject(s) - irrigation , grid , electricity , agriculture , agricultural engineering , national grid , computer science , environmental economics , engineering , economics , mathematics , electrical engineering , geography , archaeology , biology , ecology , geometry
The idea of introducing a mini-grid along with irrigation is originated considering the huge load shedding of a particular area. People of that area remain without electricity for approximately 6-8 hours in a day. A small survey was also conducted on 50 houses of Teghoria, Poradaho, Mirpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh and data were collected about their electricity demand during the time of load shedding every day. The mini-grid would be powered by the extra energy coming from the irrigation panel. This was done simply by changing the run time of the motor in an efficient way. The run time of the motor varies in different seasons. HOMER software was used to calculate the cost analysis of the proposed model for irrigation along with ac mini-grid. The proposed model provides two welfares. The first one is that the rural farmers can get water for irrigation with a lower installment which is shown in the paper. The second one is that the demand of electricity of rural people during load shedding can also be fulfilled from the ac mini-grid. Therefore, the overall cost can be minimized and the new irrigation system becomes more feasible for rural farmers as well as for the owners.