Techno-economic Study for Water Pumping by Solar Power Driven Three Phase Induction Motor

The paper primarily focuses on water pump irrigation by operating the three phase induction motor, using photovoltaic supply. In many far away regions, mainly in villages, the main hindrance in agricultural production is the sole dependence on electricity. Up till now, solar application employed for DC motors throughout the world because of its simplicity and torque controlling techniques. In addition to it, regular maintenance of brushes and commutator is mandatory. Also it is not possible to replace all, already installed three phase induction motors with DC motors. A three phase induction motor with the help of inverter performs robustly. The primary goal of this paper is to study a DC-DC converter and DC-three phase inverter, to integrate three phase induction motor. The exploratory results satisfied the targets as it was effectively managed as a water pump with optimal efficiency and cost, using three phase induction motor.