3-phase Solar Pump |
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Saturday, 13 October 2012 12:27 |
THREE PHASE SOLAR PUMP CONTROL WITH MPPT AND VFDMEDI’s 3 phase solar pump control is an electronic device which is a combination of inverter, MPPT and Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) targeted mainly for solar pumping systems for irrigation. The scarcity and poor quality of electricity supply in rural India leads to use of alternate energy for water pumping systems in Indian agriculture. Solar energy which is abundant in Indian states can be harnessed for this purpose. Keeping this in mind, MEDI has launched this 3-phase solar pump control systems which uses solar energy, does not require batteries and pumps water from early mornings till late evenings, even under cloudy conditions. Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site
From a panel if you take less current the panel voltage will be high but because the panel current is low the VA will be less. If you take more current, the panel voltage will drop and the VA will be less. But if you take a critical current, the panel voltage and panel current will be high and VA will be much higher. This will vary depending on the sunlight intensity. In our solar pump controller, the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) will multiply the panel current and panel voltage and vary the PWM duty cycle and modulation frequency to obtain the maximum VA from the panel through out the variation in the intensity of the sunlight. So from the panel we will always get the maximum energy. FEATURES - > This will give 35% extra energy which results in pumping 35% more water compared with the conventional three phase inverter + three phase pump or DC motor based pump.
SPECIFICATION - MPPT action - Maximum Power Point Tracking If a DC motor is used along with the pump there is no MPPT action. If the motor is designed to work at maximum power point during peak sunlight (noon) then at less intensity sunlight (mornings and evenings) the motor will not be at its maximum power point so the full energy is wasted. On the other hand if the motor is designed for maximum power point during less intensity sunlight, it will not be at its maximum power point during noon which again leads to waste of energy. Even though this method is used in many places it is in-efficient. This system works at its best during any time of the day at any kind of sunlight so effectively we will get 35% extra energy which is being wasted at present using other inefficient methods. Variable frequency drive eliminates the high starting current of the induction motor The induction motor has very high starting current which is around eight times of the running current of the motor. If the motor is started with load, the starting current is much higher than this. Without smooth start high wattage panels are required for starting the motors. Because of the smooth start using variable frequency, the motor will start as early as even 6am without taking any starting current. It is practically observed that the starting current will be lesser than the running current from the panel.
Maintaining maximum efficiency of the induction motor by varying VF ratio The induction motor has maximum efficiency at certain VF ratio. By simply increasing the voltage or the frequency we are reducing the efficiency. If we increase the voltage the slip will reduce so the efficiency and torque will reduce. If we increase the frequency the slip will increase so the efficiency and torque will again reduce. The induction motor has maximum efficiency at a certain slip. The graph below explains –
The system runs at maximum efficiency at all the time by constantly maintaining the motor in the right slip which leads to this maximum efficiency. |
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