BANERA, MARK JOSEPH N.

BSEE - 4EA
EE146: RESEARCH METHODS FOR EE

INTRODUCTION

Farming is one of the main sources of livelihood in our region and it comes with the main
problem of farmers, irrigation system. Some lands are cultivated once or maybe not in a year due to lack
of reliable irrigation system. Farmers spend about fifty to sixty thousand for a deep well alone, then
spend some more for a water pump acquisition. These water pumps utilize diesel or gasoline to operate,
thus the high cost of expenditures farmers have to incur each cropping season.
One of the possible solutions that I want to recommend is the use of solar energy to operate a
water pump. I think it could be of great help to farmers if this will be put into realization, because their
expenses will be minimized. This idea is not new since in other countries as well as in our country,
many are enjoying the benefits of solar powered street lights, in some homes where even in some
commercial buildings. I know that solar powered water pump does exist already, but I wanted to design
a product which is base to the environment here in our country so that our farmers can afford to buy it
and to benefit from it.
I suggest that it can be solved by redesigning the market ready solar powered water pump
product in which the new design of the solar powered water pump will be base here in our own place in
our own environment in our own town or in our own region. So that it will be efficient in terms of the
usage of the said product by our own farmers in our own farm land. I see that using solar powered water
pumps is good in our environment as we know that solar powered water pumps come’s with solar panels
and obviously our farmlands are open fields which is a good location, because the location will not have
too much blockage of the sunlight and the sun rays will directly hits the solar panels which the water
pump will be powered and will prolong the use of it. As we know irrigating farmlands takes long hours
to be irrigated. By the usage of solar powered water pump it will be more efficient and reliable instead
of buying gallons or liters of fuel just to operate a water pump.
Comparing the cost of a fuel operated water pump which requires us to buy diesel, crude oil or
gasoline just to operate it and a solar powered water pump. Others might say using a solar water pump
will lead us to more cost as solar panels and inverters are needed in having a solar powered water pump
which is a little bit expensive, but if we think in the long run of using this solar powered water pump.
We can save a lot in costing, as it will not require fuel to operate rather it only uses the free energy that
the sun provides, so I elaborate this idea to be a solution in the needs of the farmers to help lessen their
farming cost.

Problem: High cost of farming due to expensive price of fuel in which is use in operating a fuel
operated water pumps for irrigating the farmlands.
Suggested solution: Using of redesigned solar powered water pump to lessen the cost of farming.