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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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Subject: Agricultural Engineering × Author: KHEDKAR, HARISH RATIRAM. × End date: 2018 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Tech ×
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    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLATIC PUMP AT VILLAGE LEVEL
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola., 2017-12-05) KHEDKAR, HARISH RATIRAM.; MAHALLE, Shri. D. M.
    The research work was undertaken on “Performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic pump at village level.” The performance of photovoltaic (PV) array based water pumping system installed at the field farmers of Shubash Lajurkar at village in Amravati Dist. (Maharashtra). The performance of the 5 hp SPV pump was evaluated during 3rd to 30 April 2017.and the results are summarized considering weekly observations viz, 3rd to 9th April 2017, 10th to 16th April 2017, 17th to 23rd April 2017 and 24th to 30th April 2017.The average values of ambient temperature, Panel Temperature, solar intensity, array output, pump discharge, panel efficiency, pump efficiency, overall efficiency are obtained during the week are discussed. During the month maximum panel temperature of 53.86, 53.42, 54.14, 55.71°C was observed during 11.00 to 17.00 h. of the day and solar intensity corresponding to this panel temperature was observed in the range 925.15 to 510.72, 860.14 to 510.37, 860.14 to 510.34, and 860.11 to 750.17 to W/m2.during 11.00 to 17.00 h. of the day. The pump was operated in the ambient temperature range of 35.99 to 36.29, 36.21 to 36.33, and 31.83 to 38.24,33. 19 to 38.16, °C during test run whereas the array output 3364.06. To 2440.3, 3362.13 to 2452.6, 3361.50 to 2452.8, 3360.56 to 2462.2 W was found at 11.00 to 15.00 h. of the day and discharge corresponding to this solar intensity was observed in the range of 4.37 to 4.31, 4.52 to 4.32, 4.49 to 4.27 and 4.52 to 4.36 LPS, respectively. The overall efficiency of system corresponding to solar intensity was observed in the range of 5.81 to 7.17%, 5.89 to 6.89%, 5.97 to 6.88% and 5.97 to 6.86% respectively and it was found that overall efficiency of system increased during 11.00 to 14.00 h. The overall efficiency of SPV pump increased with the increase in solar intensity and pump output. The overall efficiency of SPV pump increased with the increased in solar intensity and pump output. It thus revealed that the peak solar radiation delivered more power to run submersible pump, which increased the pump discharge and the overall efficiency of SPV pump increased with the increase in solar intensity and pump output. The overall efficiency of the system in the course of study in April 2017 was found to be 8.74 % with corresponding PV efficiency of 14.88 %. The estimated cost of the system was Rs, 500000 /- with 20 year payback Period 8 years 2 month, and benefit cost ratio was found as 1.03. It could be inferred that the SPV is technically as well as economically feasible.