Advanced applications of solar energy in agricultural greenhouses

RHE Hassanien, M Li, WD Lin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy is the largest overhead cost in the production of agricultural greenhouse crops in
temperate climates. Moreover, the initial cost of fossil fuels and traditional energy are …

A review of solar-powered water pumping systems

M Aliyu, G Hassan, SA Said, MU Siddiqui… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diesel-powered pumps are widely employed in farming and grassland irrigation. However,
there can be problems of reliability and availability where fuel supply is erratic and …

Research and current status of the solar photovoltaic water pumping system–A review

G Li, Y Jin, MW Akram, X Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water and energy are the key drivers of agricultural production while the world is facing
severe energy and water crisis. Increasing crop production per unit area for the increasing …

A review of photovoltaic water pumping system designing methods, control strategies and field performance

DH Muhsen, T Khatib, F Nagi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic water pumping system (PVPS) is an important and promising application of
solar energy systems especially in remote areas. In this review paper, research work on …

Technical, economic, and environmental modeling of solar water pump for irrigation of rice in Mazandaran province in Iran: A case study

A Nikzad, M Chahartaghi, MH Ahmadi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the required pumping power and number of PV modules for a photovoltaic
water pumping system (PVWPS) were determined with the aim of supplying the water …

Titan: a high-performance remote-sensing database

C Chang, B Moon, A Acharya, C Shock… - … conference on data …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are two major challenges for a high performance remote sensing database. First, it
must provide low latency retrieval of very large volumes of spatio temporal data. This …

Exergy, environmental, and performance evaluations of a solar water pump system

M Chahartaghi, A Nikzad - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study is the analysis of the exergy efficiency of a photovoltaic water
pump system (PVWPS) at different temperatures and radiations that have not been …

A novel approach for hydropower generation using photovoltaic electricity as driving energy

BS Pali, S Vadhera - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel scheme for hydropower generation using photovoltaic electricity as primary energy
for driving the system is proposed in this paper. However, the system needs no diversion of …

[HTML][HTML] Sizing behind-the-meter solar PV for pumped water distribution systems: A comparison of methods

Q Zhao, W Wu, J Yao, AR Simpson, A Willis… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water distribution systems (WDSs) are vital urban infrastructure systems. To meet increasing
pumping energy demands and minimise environmental impacts, behind-the-meter (BTM) …

Impact of shadow on the performances of a domestic photovoltaic pumping system incorporating an MPPT control: A case study in Bejaia, North Algeria

A Mohammedi, N Mezzai, D Rekioua… - Energy Conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is the solution combining economy and efficiency for the
supply of stand alone systems. This combination can only be achieved by taking into …