Solar Powered Pump Drives:

• Solar Powered Pump Drives: Centrifugal and reciprocating.

• Their speed-torque characteristics are shown in below

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 Solar Powered Pump Drives:
• Centrifugal pump requires only a small torque to
start
• whereas reciprocating pump owing to stiction
may require as much as three times the rated
torque.
• In centrifugal pump the output power is
proportional to the cube of speed,
• and therefore, drastically reduces as the speed is
reduced;
• for example, the output power reduces to half at
a speed of 80%.
 Solar Powered Pump Drives:
• In reciprocating pump, since with a reduction
in speed the torque reduces only by a small
amount
• The percentage reduction in output is slightly
more than the percentage reduction in speed.
Solar Powered Pump Drives:
Solar Powered Pump Drives:
Solar Powered Pump Drives:
Solar Powered Pump Drives:
Solar Powered Pump Drives:
Solar Pump using Induction Motor
Solar Pump Drive with a battery :
 Solar Pump Drive with a battery :
Advantages:
• Battery drive can provide large torque.
• It is therefore suitable for reciprocating pumps
necessary in some applications where high
pressure is required, e.g. pumping water from
deep wells etc.
 Solar Pump Drive with a battery :
Disadvantages:
• it requires frequent maintenance, which can
be a serious problem in remote places and
• a charge controller is required to protect it
from overcharge and excessive discharge.
Closed loop control of BLDC Drives
Advantages of VRM
• Rugged construction
• Low maintenance
• Long life
• Lower cost of motor and converter
compared to all other ac drives
• Fast response owing to large torque to
inertia ratio
• Simple control
• High efficiency and high reliability
Disadvantages of VRM
• Torque ripple and high noise
• Several motors cannot be operated from a
single converter
• Rotor position sensing is required
• Although, the Switched Reluctance Motor
drives are still at the developmental stage,
their applications are projected to grow
fast
 Microprocessor based control of VRM

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 Microprocessor based control of VRM

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Microprocessor based control of PMSM
Microprocessor based control of PMSM