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Description of photovoltaic village power systems in the united states and africa
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bifano, W. J. Ratajczak, A. F. |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | Photovoltaic power systems in remote villages in the United States and Africa are described. These projects were undertaken to demonstrate that existing photovoltaic system technology is capable of providing electrical power for basic domestic services for the millions of small, remote communities in both developed and developing countries. One system is located in the Papago Indian Village of Schuchuli in southwest Arizona (U. S.) and became operational 16 December 1978. The other system is located in Tangaye, a rural village in Upper Volta, Africa. It became operational 1 March 1979. The Schuchuli system has a 3.5 kW (peak) solar array which provides electric power for village water pumping, a refrigerator for each family, lights in the village buildings, and a community washing machine and sewing machine. The 1.8 kW (peak) Tangaye system provides power for community water pumping, flour milling and lights in the milling building. These are both stand-alone systems (i.e., no back-up power source) which are being operated and maintained by local personnel. Both systems are instrumented. Systems operations are being monitored by NASA to measure design adequacy and to refine designs for future systems. |
| File Size | 5819335 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790016272 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2k698v8g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1979-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Operations Research Solar Arrays Photovoltaic Cells Solar Energy Conversion Electricity Electric Generators Photovoltaic Conversion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
