Abstract
<jats:p>A new generation solar Photovoltaic (PV) based solution designed for medium head water pumping applications is evaluated in this paper. The primary use of this pump is to providing water for remote agricultural usage. In all tests, the pump is connected to a 3 phase solar pump controller which is a combination of motor and inverter, Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) and Variable Speed Drive (VSD) mainly targeted for solar pumping systems for irrigation. The water pumping system proposed in this paper is a photovoltaic stand-alone AC water pumping system without backup batteries. The main of this paper is to design and operate a solar AC water pumping system for medium head water pumping requirements. The pump running on a specially designed 3-Ø, 230 Vac induction motor is considered for this purpose. The PV and pump characteristics are observed with different solar radiations. A computational experiment system is developed by using Mat Lab/Simulink.</jats:p>