Wind for irrigation application

摘要

The remarkably high and unstable fuel cost due to the international situation could impact the local agricultural operating cost and significantly affect rural development. Regular water wheels require fuel to run the motor pumps in them to supply water during the irrigation season. A wind generation system that is connected to the irrigation system and electric grid is proposed here. This involves electric power generated from the wind turbine being used to drive a water pump to fill a storage tank and the excess being sold to the electric grid. Water storage allows for optimization of both wind resources over time with respect to irrigation needs and electricity sell back rates at during the day/night and season times. The new scheme helps in decreasing carbon emission, generates electricity from renewable sources connected to the grid and reduces the dependence on foreign oil.