Off-grid systems for rural electrification in developing countries: Definitions, classification and a comprehensive literature review

S Mandelli, J Barbieri, R Mereu, E Colombo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Access to electric power supply has always had a significant role in promoting
improvements in all the society sectors, nevertheless nowadays 1.3 billion of people still do …

Solar photovoltaic water pumping system-A comprehensive review

VC Sontake, VR Kalamkar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic water pumping system (SPVWPS) has been a promising area of research
for more than 50 years. In the early 70s, efforts and studies were undertaken to explore the …

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 …

Renewable energy source water pumping systems—A literature review

C Gopal, M Mohanraj, P Chandramohan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The research developments with renewable energy source water pumping systems
(RESWPSs) are reviewed in this paper. The reported investigations are categorized into five …

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 …

Photovoltaics energy: Improved modeling and analysis of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and grid parity–Egypt case study

M Said, M El-Shimy, MA Abdelraheem - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents improved modeling and analysis of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE)
associated with photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The presented model considers the effective …

Sizing of a standalone photovoltaic water pumping system using hybrid multi-criteria decision making methods

DH Muhsen, T Khatib, TE Abdulabbas - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic water pumping system (PVPS) is considered one of the most important and
promising application of solar energy in remote and rural areas. The random nature of solar …

[PDF][PDF] Study of solar PV water pumping system for irrigation of horticulture crops

PD Narale, NS Rathore, S Kothari - International Journal of …, 2013 - academia.edu
Study of Solar PV Water Pumping System for Irrigation of Horticulture Crops. Page 1
International Journal of Engineering Science Invention ISSN (Online): 2319 – 6734, ISSN (Print) …

Sizing of a standalone photovoltaic water pumping system using a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm

DH Muhsen, AB Ghazali, T Khatib, IA Abed… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a differential evolution based multi-objective optimization algorithm is
proposed to optimally size a photovoltaic water pumping system (PVPS). Non-dominated …