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On site assessment of a PV Volumetric pump performances
| Country : | Niger. . |
| Client : | TOTAL ENERGY . |
| Start Date : | 1999 |
| Completion Date : | 2000 |
| Value of services : | 200 000 FF |
| Funder : | ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) . |
| Associate/Partner : | CEH-SIDI |
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| Description : |
Total Energie from France has developed a new photovoltaic pumping system, the TSP 1000. It uses a submersible pump with a high efficiency brushless DC electric motor and a positive displacement pump. The system has a very good overall efficiency of 60%, much higher than the other similar existing equipment. The pump is powered by 8 modules and is specially fit for small communities needing 5 to 15 m3 per day at a total head ranging from 20 to 60 metres. The goals of the project are : To monitor field performance of the pump with the help of a data acquisition system able to record the different parameters of the system. To demonstrate the application of solar pumping for drinking water in small communities in Africa, through a socio-economic follow-up. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | The role of IED is : * to identify a community having a need matching the typical performance of the system, * to work on the awareness and the organisation of the community before the installation, * to undertake a socio-economic follow-up * to organise the data collection process in order to make a technical evaluation of the system during a period of one year. |