Renewable Energy Week 2014

Innovative Ideas Competition

Title of the Idea: Automatic Solar Pump with Local Grid Connection for Excess Energy
Transmission.
Author: Krishna Prasad Gaihre
Institution: Institute of engineering, Pulchowk Campus
E-mail: 070mstim153@ioe.edu.np
Contact Number: 9841078525
Description (Maximum 400 words):
Technology
This Automatic solar water pump uses the Solar PV technology for lifting water. The
traditional use of the solar pump technology consists of the solar panel (array), electric
motor (pump) and water collecting tanks. While in that technology the excess amount of
solar energy is not considerably used because after the tank fill up the system shut down
there is use of the floating sensor in the currently available system. Even, In Nepal some
system are poorly automatic but not fully automation is implemented. The automatic solar
water pump have some extension on the traditional approach it needs automation electronic
circuitry (control system) which notify and control the current status of the water level in
the tank and motor status.
Nepal is lies at 30 degree Northern altitude with over 300 days of sunshine annually (Solar
Energy, 2014). This automatic system also have solar tracker which tracks the maximum
sunlight direction or angle. While traditional system there is no tracking of the sunlight so at
once only the maximum sunlight can penetrate the solar panel. This tracking system increase
the energy generation rate of solar panel than the earlier. Active tracking systems provide
up to a 40 % higher yield from Solar PV modules. This systems follow the sun through the
day, this extends the time that useful power levels are delivered and maximizes the peak
power. (Solar tracking system, 2014)
Contribution to the Green Industrial Development
The Mono/Polycrystalline solar system have large array of the solar panel which can
generate kWs of electricity most of the day for drinking water pumping purposes or other
purposes, but we dont need the continuous pumping of water. When the pumping task is
accomplished the automatic electronic system switch the solar energy system to the grid

(distribution system) line which is connected to the supply for the other industries where
the industrial system stores the energy in the battery (battery array) or direct energy can be
used after the inversion of DC into AC. So at the excess of energy after the pumping
completion it can be stored on the rechargeable battery and can be used small industrial
purposes like machining, drying, lighting and driving motors at small industries. The overall
efficiency of the solar pump will increase and reduce the human effort on the switching,
controlling operation in the solar pump.

References
Solar Energy. (2014). Retrieved from Alternative Energy Promotion center:
http://aepc.gov.np/?option=renewable&page=subrenewable&mid=2&sub_id=12&id=1
Solar powered pump. (n.d.). Retrieved from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpowered_pump
Solar tracking system. (2014). Retrieved from Lorentz: http://www.lorentz.de/en/products/solartracking-systems/etatrack.html
strategy for the reneawable energy. (2012). Retrieved from DCENR: www.dcenr.gov.ie