Feasibility study of a wind powered water pumping system for rural Ethiopia

Girma Misrak; Molina Marta; Assefa Abebayehu; Girma Misrak; Molina Marta; Assefa Abebayehu

doi:10.3934/energy.2015.4.851

AIMS Energy

2015, Volume 3, Issue 4: 851-868. doi: 10.3934/energy.2015.4.851

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Feasibility study of a wind powered water pumping system for rural Ethiopia

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School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Received: 27 August 2015 Accepted: 26 November 2015 Published: 08 December 2015

Water is the primary source of life for mankind and one of the most basic necessities for rural development. Most of the rural areas of Ethiopia do not have access to potable water. Is some regions of the country access potable water is available through use of manual pumping and Diesel engine. In this research, wind water pump is designed to supply drinking water for three selected rural locations in Ethiopia. The design results show that a 5.7 m diameter windmill is required for pumping water from borehole through a total head of 75, 66 and 44 m for Siyadberand Wayu, Adami Tulu and East Enderta to meet the daily water demand of 10, 12 and 15 m³, respectively. The simulation for performance of the selected wind pump is conducted using MATLAB software and the result showed that monthly water discharge is proportional to the monthly average wind speed at the peak monthly discharge of 685 m³ in June, 888 m³ in May and 1203 m³ in March for Siyadberand Wayu, Adami Tulu and East Enderta sites, respectively. An economic comparison is conducted, using life cycle cost analysis, for wind mill and Diesel water pumping systems and the results show that windmill water pumping systems are more feasible than Diesel based systems.

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Citation: Girma Misrak, Molina Marta, Assefa Abebayehu. Feasibility study of a wind powered water pumping system for rural Ethiopia[J]. AIMS Energy, 2015, 3(4): 851-868. doi: 10.3934/energy.2015.4.851

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