Objective
The objective of this proposal is the development of a 1 kW photovoltaic system with autarkic tracker for very efficient and long term reliable water pumping with remarkable cost advantages compared to conventional fixed flat plate systems. The system is based upon irradiation enhancement in the module plane by flat plate mirrors in V-trough configuration and elimination of losses from non normal incidence using a maintenance free solar tracking unit, the gravitational tracking system (GTS). The new ARCHIMEDES system can demonstrate up to 40% cost advantage over systems using fixed standard flat plate PV modules.
The implementation of the following objectives will lead to achieve the full cost reduction potential:
- development of a light weight carrier structure, modular in size, designedfor low cost production and flexible installation,
- adaption of the gravitational tracking system to the system area and thenecessary tracking accuracy,
- integral design of PV module (conventional c-Si cell technology) andV-trough concentrator (x = 2) for high performance and low temperatureeffect,
- PV pumping system optimisation using the most advanced pump analysistechniques,
- optimisation of the entire system by field tests and monitoring combinedwith component engineering of a complete PV pumping system installed atan end users site.
The output from these objectives will be the specific achievements: - Cost-effective maintenance-free support and tracking structure, - PV modules with improved temperature behaviour,
- 1 kW PV power supply unit specifically adapted for decentralised smallscale applications and optimised for pumping systems,
- the break even power for cost competitiveness with diesel pumps will beshifted towards higher power ranges,
- less than 500 Wp PV modules have to be installed for a system withenergy output equivalent to a conventional lkWp system; this gives notonly a potential for cost reduction but also means that the siliconavailable today to the PV industry for plat panel production can beused to produce systems with a doubled energy output.
Component engineering activities are included during the field test phase; so it is expected that after the end of this project not more than one year of additional product engineering and optimisation of the entire system is needed to bring the system to industrial production and into the market.
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70565 Stuttgart
Germany
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