This article is focused on the supply of water to rural communities, in order to reduce the consumption of electricity from the national electricity grid, dependence on fossil fuels and environmental pollution. The dimensioning of a solar pumping system was carried out to install in pumping station no. 1, located in the Cowley settlement, near the “Las Terrazas” eco-tourist complex. The main objective of this pumping station is to satisfy the water demand of this settlement and the complex. The pumping requirements were determined, taking into account the types of existing consumers. The total water demand is 633.5 m3/ day, the total pumping load, 105 m, obtaining as a result that, to satisfy the pumping requirements, it is necessary 200 photovoltaic panels with nominal power 330 Wp, two submersible pumps with nominal power 37 kW. Finally, it was shown that with this configuration it is possible to satisfy the demand for water in the case study, even when the energy delivered by the photovoltaic panels decreases, as a consequence of dirt from contact with ambient air.
Volume 12 | Issue 8
Pages: 467-476
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12I8/20202613