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Unit 11 - Week
10: PV AND WATER PUMPING

Course
outline
WEEK 10 - Assessment
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Getting Started assignment.

WEEK-01: THE 1) 10 litres of water has to be lifted to a height of 10m. The energy needed for the task is 1 point
PV CELL
100 J
WEEK-02:
SERIES AND 1 kWh
PARALLEL
1 kJ
INTERCONNECTION
2.725 kWh
Week 03:
ENERGY FROM No, the answer is incorrect.
SUN Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 04:
1 kJ
INCIDENT
ENERGY 2) The potential energy of a body of water is increased by 10000 joules by lifting it through 1 point
ESTIMATION
100m height. The mass of the water body is

Week 05: SIZING

10 kg
PV
100 kg
Week 06:
MAXIMUM 10 litres
POWER POINT
1000 litres
TRACKING
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 07: MPPT Score: 0
ALGORITHMS
Accepted Answers:
Week 08: 10 kg
PV-BATTERY
3) Water has to be lifted to a height of 30m from an underground sump at the rate of 10 litre/s. 1 point
INTERFACES
Consider that there are no losses in the system. The power required by the prime mover is
Week 09:
PELTIER 300 W
COOLING
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A project 10: PV 3W In association with
AND WATER
PUMPING 3 x 10-3 W

Water pumping No, the answer is incorrect.

Funded by
principle Score: 0

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Hydraulic Accepted Answers:

Powered by
energy and 3000 W
power
4) A water tank (A) is on a building at 10m above the ground. Another water tank (B) is on 1 point
Total dynamic another building at a height of 25m above ground. A motor pump set placed on the ground is supposed
head
to pump water from tank A to tank B. The suction head for this system is
Numerical
solution - 0m
Colebrook
formula 10m

Octave script 15m

for head
calculation -15m

Examples 25m

Octave script No, the answer is incorrect.

for hydraulic Score: 0
power
Accepted Answers:
Centrifugal 10m
pump
5) A water tank (A) is on a building at 10m above the ground. Another water tank (B) is on 1 point
Reciprocating
another building at a height of 25m above ground. A motor pump set placed on the ground is supposed
pump
to pump water from tank A to tank B. The total physical head for this system is
PV power

Pumped hydro 0m
application
10m
WEEK-10
15m
Resources
-15m
Quiz : WEEK
10 - 25m
Assessment
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 10
Score: 0
assessment
solutions Accepted Answers:
15m
WEEK-11:
PV-GRID 6) In a water pumping system, the water is being pumped from a sump to an overhead tank 1 point
INTERFACE-I situated 25m above ground. The sump bottom is 2m below ground. The motor-pump system is located
at ground level. The water is being pumped at the rate of 24.6 litres/sec. The pipe inner diameter is 10
Week 12: cm. The pipe is placed completely vertical with no horizontal part. If the friction factor is 0.037, the head
INTERFACE-II
equivalent of friction loss is
and LIFE CYCLE
COSTING

1m

5m

2.5 m

25 m

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
5m

7) In a water pumping system, the water is being pumped from a sump to an overhead tank 1 point
situated 25m above ground. The sump bottom is 2m below ground. The motor-pump system is located
at ground level. The water is being pumped at the rate of 24.6 litres/sec. The pipe inner diameter is 10
cm. The pipe is placed completely vertical with no horizontal part. If the friction factor is 0.037, the total
dynamic head is

28 m

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32 m

29.5 m

52 m

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
32 m

8) In a water pumping system, the water is being pumped from a sump to an overhead tank 1 point
situated 25m above ground. The sump bottom is 2m below ground. The motor-pump system is located
at ground level. The water is being pumped at the rate of 24.6 litres/sec. The pipe inner diameter is 10
cm. The pipe is placed completely vertical with no horizontal part. The friction factor is 0.037. The
efficiencies of the pump, motor and dc-dc converter are 70%, 80% and 90% respectively. If the system
is being powered by a PV source, what is the output power requirement for the PV panels?

13677 W

15619 W

14399 W

7872 W

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
15619 W

9) A ballast load is used along with stand-alone induction generator 1 point

for startup

for better flux control

for maintaining constant frequency irrespective of load

for maintaining frequency inversely proportional to load

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
for maintaining constant frequency irrespective of load

10)Capacitor bank is connected to the terminals of a stand alone induction generator (IG) 1 point

To supply magnetizing current to IG

To keep IG frequency constant

To improve transient stability of IG

To maintain the voltage constant

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
To supply magnetizing current to IG

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