BANERA, MARK JOSEPH N.

BSEE – 4EA
EE146: RESEARCH METHODS FOR EE

SOLUTION

Farmers build deep wells to have a source of water to irrigate their farmlands due to lack
of reliable irrigation system. Building a deep well will cost the farmers up to fifty to sixty
thousand pesos, depends on the land which the deep well will be built. That is their solution to a
lack of reliable irrigation. Now they need a water pump to ascent the water from the deep well to
the farmland. Most of the farmers spend their money in buying water pumps which requires fuel
to operate, diesel operated water pumps are the common water pumps that the farmers buy. Now
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.

By redesigning the existing or the market ready solar powered water pump. By creating a
solar powered water pump that is suitable in the kind of environment that we have. I think it can
be the solution and it will be best for us. 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. Because if we compare the cost of a
fuel operated water pump which requires us to buy fuel 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 propose this idea to be a solution in the needs of the farmers to help lessen the high
cost of their farming.