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Solar photovoltaic (PV) pumping systems, and water powered ram pumps.
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| Solar PV Water Pumping Basics | |
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A Graphic Guide to Solar Water Pumping Windy Dankoff How
to get articles from Home Power ...
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 Home
Power Magazine article, issue 46Very good article on designing and selecting the components for a solar electric water pumping system. Covers a wide variety of pumping head, flow, and system types -- helps you select the right pumping system for the job. The Dankoff website has a lot of solar pumping information, specifications, installation instructions, pump manuals... |
| Solar (Photovoltaic) Water
Pumping, From Practical Action.org
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 Some
good information on selecting and sizing a PV powered water pumping systems.
Covers types of systems vs depth and flow required. |
| Guide to Solar Powered Water
Pumping in New York State New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
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 A
pretty complete and detailed guide to planning and implementing a solar
powered water pumping system.Also compares solar pumping to Diesel, wind, and gravity systems. 2004
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| Build Your Own Solar-Powered Water
Pumping Station, Jeffery Yago, Backwoods Home Magazine www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/yago91.html
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 Good
Backwoods Home article (issue 91) by Jeff Yago on building simple solar
pumping systems. |
| Solar Water Pumping Wind and Sun
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Quite a bit of information on solar water
pumping systems. A general guide on solar water pumping and
specifications for solar pumping equipment.
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| Solar-Powered Livestock Watering
Systems University of Tennessee Extension Stock Watering PV 1640 (140K pdf) |
 Good
paper on solar stock watering systems. Covers types of systems, and
sizing and designing system.Much of this information could be applicable to a residential water system that uses a storage tank. From the University of Tennessee Extension Service: http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/ExtPubs/ |
| Pumps and Watering Systems for
Managed Beef Grazing
http://www.muextension.missouri.edu
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 Quite
a bit of information on systems to provide water for stock, including some
solar ones. Piping and tank design, water requirements ... |
| Solar PV Water Pumping Systems | |
| A
Solar Powered Pumping and Storage System Suitable for a Household From By Example
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 Very
good article on designing and installing a simple solar powered well water
pumping system suitable for one household.The system pumps from 140 ft to fill a 1600 gallon water storage tank. The Sun Pumps Submersible pump is said to pump from depths up to 230 ft at rates up to 2 gpm. This might provide about 600 gallons on a sunny day from a fixed PV array. |
| Solar Water Pumping Makes Sense Windy Dankoff How to get articles from Home Power ... |
 Home Power magazine article, issue 97Very good description of design and installation of a direct PV solar pumping system for a house. |
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Winter Cattle Watering with Automated Solar Pumps Ken Kelln and Paul Hanley |
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Power Magazine article, issue 98
A simple and elegant PV powered stock watering system that is “cow activated”. PV panel and batteries power a submersible 12VDC pump that is activated by a motion detector. System Cost $4200. |
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Solar-Powered Cattle Saloon L. A. Wallin |
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Power Magazine article, issue 54Article about pumping water from a 400 ft deep well using a solar powered pump jack (mechanically powered piston pump at bottom of well). Providing water for cattle in Montana. |
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Build your own solar-powered water pumping station Backwoods Magazine http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/yago91.html
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A good
 Backwoods
Magazine article on sizing and installing a solar powered water pumping
system for livestock. |
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OtherPower -- Water Pumping www.otherpower.com/otherpower_waterpumping.html
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 Solar
PV powered water pumping system description with pretty good hands-on
information, and some advice. |
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Solar Water Pumping and Supplementary Power for a Grid-Powered Home Windy Dankoff |
 Good
Home Power article by Windy Dankoff on providing enough PV power to pump
well water, and to supply a few other crucial circuits in case of power
failure. |
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Pumping Water for Irrigation Using Solar Energy H.J. Helikson, D.Z. Haman and C.D. Baird University of Florida -- Extension Service Pumping Paper (pdf)
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 Interesting
1992 paper on PV powered pumping for irrigation wire. Good analysis of
system.Interesting reflector/tracking arrangement on the PV panels that increases panel output significantly. |
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Ram Pumps Ram pumps use a flow of low head water to pump a portion of the water uphill |
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| Hydraulic Ram Pumps http://www.lifewater.ca/ram_pump.htm
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 Lots
of information on ram pumps at this site. |
| Build Your Own Ram Pump Clemson University -- Cooperative Extension Service
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 Plans
to build your own pump, as well as ram pump theory of operation, design and
sizing information. |
| Building a Homemade Ram Pump Scott Lee How
to get articles from Home Power ...
Also here:
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 Home Power Magazine article, issue 76Good hands-on article on how to build a simple ram pump from hardware store parts. Ram pumps use a flow of low head water to pump a portion of the water uphill. |
| Hydraulic Ram Pumps Prepared by: Gregory D. Jennings, PhD, PE |
 This
paper explains how ramp pumps operate, and allows you to size your ram pump. |
| Atlas Ram Pump Construction http://atlaspub.20m.com/kits.htm
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 A
company that sells ram pump parts and kits, as well as a book on ram pumps
that is reported to be good. |
| Low Cost, low flow, home made
hydraulic ram pump (no welding required) www.judyofthewoods.net/ram_pump.html
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 A
ram pump design adapted from other designs that is aimed at smaller water
flows and simplified assembly.Good construction detail. Have a look around the rest of Judy's website while you are there -- lots of interesting material. |
| Spiral Pump -- A slow turning pump that can be powered by slow flowing creeks/rivers | |
| Spiral Pump http://www.earthgarden.com.au/waterwheel.html
The Spiral Pump - A High Lift, Slow Turning Pump, Peter Trailer
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 This
pump uses a rotating pipe coil to pump water. It requires only moving
water to power it.The pump in the picture pumps 400 gallons per day to a tank 50 ft above the pump.
Sometime I am going to have to sit down an figure why this works :-) |
| Hand Pumps | |
| Bison Pumps http://www.bisonpumps.com/photo.htm
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 Hand
pumps for either primary or backup use.For shallow or deep wells (up to 300'). |
| Rintoul's Hand Pumps
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 A
variety of hand pumps for wells all the way up to 250 ft deep. |
| Windmill Pumps | |
| Suppliers of Windmill Water Pumps, from WindEnergy.org Aeromotor: Dempster: Ferguson Windmills Company: Oasis Water Pumping Windmill: How the Windmill pumps work: |
 These
are some commercial sources for the traditional windmill driven water pump.
In these pumps, a high torque, low speed wind rotor directly drives a
mechanical linkage to a pump located at the bottom of the well bore.
 These windmill pumps are simple and have been in common use for 120 years. Some are 100 years old and still running. |
| Wind Pumping, From Practical Action.org
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 A
guide to wind mill water pumping. Characteristics of mechanical vs
electric powered water pumps. Some design and sizing information. |
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Freeze Proof Stock Waters -- that don't use
energy These are some commercial solutions to avoiding ice on stock water tanks without have to use a heater. Ideas for a homemade design. |
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Sun Tanks http://www.horsesonly.com/amesco/info.htm
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 This
is a commercial product to keep water tanks for stock from freezing.Seems
like a build-it-yourself one would be pretty easy? |
| Bar-Bar-A Horse and Cattle Drinker http://www.horsedrinker.com/index.html
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 Pumps
water out to the waterer when the animal presses a paddle. Water is
drained from bowl to a dry well before it freezes. |
| Corbett Waterers
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 Uses
a combination of insulation and ground heat to keep water line from
freezing. |
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Solar Heated Livestock Watering Stock Tank Prototype
Gary Note: this is a cheap, but still experimental, approach to solar freeze prevention. |
 This
is a first cut at a livestock watering tank that is insulated and solar
heated to keep the water above freezing.The usual approach around here to keeping stock tanks from freezing is to use an electric stock tank heater, which uses a lot of electricity. This approach might eliminate or greatly reduce the need to such heaters and the cost and GHG's that go with them. |
| Solar electric air bubbler
http://www.solarranch.com/spbubbly.html
More PV pool pump info:
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 This
is a small PV powered air pump that bubbles air up through the water during
the day to bring water up from the bottom of the tank and prevent freezing.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has some experience with
this arrangement. |
| Swimming Pool Pumping | |
| DIY Solar Pool Pump Project, Rick Kehret http://www.norcalsolar.org/Technology-Guides/Do-It-Yourself-Projects.html
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 Good
description of the design and installation of a solar PV powered swimming
pool pump. |
Gary updated 7/27/07, 9/5/07, May 10, 2008
The
Spiral Pump - A High Lift, Slow Turning Pump, Peter Trailer