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Wind Powered Water Pump Project for Remote Areas in India

waterpump977waterpump977 wrote 10/21/2022 at 12:47 • 4 min read • Like

Water pumps need electricity to operate in a pumping system, but access to electrical power can be challenging due to its cost of it.

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Providing electricity can be expensive for remote areas, even for developed countries which have reliable power plants, because of some additional expenditures that will be incurred by the governments. So, the most effective way is the use of renewable energy to run electrical devices such as water pumps. As you probably know, solar and wind are the most popular types of renewable energy known to people. In some countries, the government runs a special plan to persuade people and private firms to spend money and establish their own electrical plants on the roofs of their houses if they use solar panels or wind turbines to generate more electricity for the power network. By running this project, people can provide the required energy for their daily routine and sell the extra generated power to the government and earn money. But how can we generate power with the help of wind?! We absolutely need a windmill to harness the power of the wind and run the water pump to irrigate our farm, give light to our houses, or do any other activity that needs electrical power. The wind can rotate the blade of the windmill, and this rotation can affect the motor shaft and finally generate electricity. This generated energy must be regulated and can be used for any electrical device. As a result, by using renewable energy and establishing the structure of a windmill, we can provide reliable and affordable electrical energy to people who are living in remote areas. 

Wind Water Pump Design

The use of windmills has some limited conditions that must be considered when you want to design a windmill system. Since there may not be enough wind to turn the wind turbine blades every day of the year, we must consider a storage tank that can save water for non-windy days. Also, the water that is found underground is trapped between sand and gravel and must be lifted or sucked via a pump and poured into a storage tank. The location where your tower would be placed must be flat to fix the structure tower on it and be in a geometrical position to receive the most wind during different seasons. If the tower location has lots of rock and you cannot find a flat place, you can use precast concrete foundations that are placed into the ground and provide a flat surface to fix the tower foundations. Also, the storage tank shouldn't be far from the windmill tower, because there will be more power requirements to pump the water into the tank. As the wind power may not be enough to do two operations, we harness the wind power to generate electrical power and run the water pump to lift the water from a deep well. So, here we have the main components to do this project:

 are some of the parts that are needed to lift the water from a deep well.

Wind Water Pump Mechanism

In several regions, such as India, windmills are used to lift water without electricity. The actual mechanism of these windmills is similar to wind turbines that won't generate electricity but will lift water from a well. The water would have a low rate of flow and if there isn't any accessibility to electrical energy, providing enough water to irrigate your farm would be difficult. An important point is that gravity causes the water to rise to the level of the underground water source. By capturing the wind with a wheel or sizable fan on top of the tower structure, water is moved from a deep well by wind. As was previously stated, when a wheel rotates, wind energy generates an oscillating and up-and-down motion that powers a water pump's cylinder and raises water from the ground to pour into a pond or storage tank for later use. The bladed rotor must match the pump in order to build a wind pump. High-solidity rotors work best with positive displacement piston pumps in non-electric windpumps because single-acting piston pumps require roughly three times as much torque to start as they do to maintain operation. On the other hand, low solidity rotors work best with centrifugal pumps, Screwfix pumps, chain, and washer pumps because they require less torque to start than they do to run at design speed. The best application for low-solidity rotors is to power an electricity generator, which can then power the pump.

Wind Water Pump Cost

The cost of building a windmill water pumping system would vary depending on the material of the windmill tower construction, the pump brand desired, and the location in where you reside and choose to construct the windmill water pumping system. In addition, there would be extra costs for the windmill system, such as the kind and number of blades, as well as cylinders and strainers that are buried underneath. All of these components make up the windmill pumping system used to retrieve water from deep wells in arid or isolated regions. In certain regions, like India or the nations of the Middle East, agriculture is the primary occupation, and supplying water to their crops is the primary objective. The absence of access to water resources would result in the loss of all agricultural goods, ultimately impacting the lives of a vast number of people worldwide. So, prior to constructing a windmill water pumping system, be sure to check the costs of all components and carefully weigh all of these factors, including the brand and type of water pumps that are appropriate and suitable for your soil's terrain and the location where you intend to implement your windmill system, in order to capture wind energy for your windmill pumping system. 

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