Optimal Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Water Pumping Technologies

Mashauri Adam Kusekwa  © by the authors

ISBN: 978-1-940366-73-9
Publisher: Science Publishing Group
Book Description

The book focuses on optimal sizing and economic analysis of solar water pumping technologies. Technical and Economic analyses of the sized systems are provided. Barriers, limitation, challenges and applications of the technologies in rural areas of developing countries are explored. Worked examples and case studies are provided as illustrations to readers, technicians, engineers and entrepreneurs. The book is unique because it emphasizes on the practical side of the subject rather than complex equations and theories.

Author Introduction

Engineer Dr. Mashauri Adam Kusekwa was born on 27th October, 1962 in Tanzania. He is a lecturer in electrical engineering department at the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) in Dar es Salaam. He received his PhD in Power System Engineering (Power System State Estimation) from Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in September, 2010, and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Machines and Apparatus from Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria in July, 1991. He teaches electrical machines at undergraduate level, and energy management and research methodology at postgraduate level. In addition to teaching, Dr. Kusekwa is an electrical consulting engineer and a researcher. His area of research interest is renewable energy technologies, particularly the solar energy technology and power system state estimation. He has published widely in renewable energy, electrical load flow and power system state estimation.

Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Solar Photovoltaic Technology Development and Trends in the Past 50 Years

  • Chapter 2 Global Daily Solar Radiation Estimation of a Location

  • Chapter 3 Solar Water Pumping Technologies Development and Trends

  • Chapter 4 Factors Considered in Optimal Sizing of a Solar Water Pumping System

  • Chapter 5 Optimal Sizing of Solar Water Pumping System

  • Chapter 6 Technical and Economical Analysis of Solar Water Pumping System

  • Glossary

  • Bibliography