A Compendious Performance Analysis of a Movable Solar Powered Boat for Enhanced Efficient Small-Scale Irrigation System by Using SPWM Controlled Single-Phase Inverter

Abstract

Irrigation is a very common term in agricultural countries like Bangladesh. For small scale cultivation, farmers mainly use surface water for irrigation by lifting them manually or by portable diesel pump. This typical manual irrigation requires heavy labor and diesel pump requires fuels that are exhaustible and non-friendly to the environment. In this paper, the design and construction of a solar-powered portable-floating boat for small scale irrigation is showed. It will replace the typical systems with a clean, efficient and controlled performance and ensures the proper usage of surface water and make irrigation more comfortable for farmers. A pump controller is used to run a single-phase water pump which ensures maximum power point tracking (MPPT) operation to extract maximum energy from solar. 3D model of the system was developed by using Google SketchUp and the pump controller was designed and simulated by using Proteus Design Suite software. The performance and economic feasibility of the proposed system are also evaluated in this paper by comparing it with an equal capacity conventional solar irrigation system.