Photovoltaic based Irrigation System for Remote Indian Location

This work presents an automated pumped irrigation system implementation for a remote onshore isolated Indian area. The irrigation system is powered using a photovoltaic (PV) module. In this research study, the parameters such as solar irradiation, soil moisture content, availability of electrical load, etc. has been extensively taken studied for proper control. The irrigation system also uses a storage battery for storing and retrieving the energy available from the PV module and for supplying loads during lean periods or during the night time. An economic analysis for the scaled-up system is also performed to study practical setup of such a system. For the economic study, the system is considered to be set up in a remote onshore area in West Bengal, India near the eastern coastal region. Appropriate simulations backed by experimental studies on a laboratory-based model validate the proposed techno-economic study.