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Design description of the tangaye village photovoltaic power system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ratajczak, A. F. Martz, J. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | The engineering design of a stand alone photovoltaic (PV) powered grain mill and water pump for the village of Tangaye, Upper Volta is described. The socioeconomic effects of reducing the time required by women in rural areas for drawing water and grinding grain were studied. The suitability of photovoltaic technology for use in rural areas by people of limited technical training was demonstrated. The PV system consists of a 1.8-kW (peak) solar cell array, 540 ampere hours of battery storage, instrumentation, automatic controls, and a data collection and storage system. The PV system is situated near an improved village well and supplies d.c. power to a grain mill and a water pump. The array is located in a fenced area and the mill, battery, instruments, controls, and data system are in a mill building. A water storage tank is located near the well. The system employs automatic controls which provide battery charge regulation and system over and under voltage protection. This report includes descriptions of the engineering design of the system and of the load that it serves; a discussion of PV array and battery sizing methodology; descriptions of the mechanical and electrical designs including the array, battery, controls, and instrumentation; and a discussion of the safety features. The system became operational on March 1, 1979. |
| File Size | 15082087 |
| Page Count | 118 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820025952 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t96738v63 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Electric Power Plants International Cooperation Photovoltaic Cells Solar Energy Conversion Pumps Rural Areas Burkina Developing Nations Economic Development Milling Machines Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
