SPIS Toolbox - Design - Further Readings

Introduction

Do want to know all about SPIS – Solar Powered Irrigation System : Please go to the newly launched standalone Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) website (www.spis-toolbox.org) , featuring three SPIS toolbox:

• Toolbox for beginners,
• Toolbox for farmers (new SPIS Web based App – to calculate design of the pumps),
• the Toolbox for experts - the updated version - Version 6

and additional resources (Publication about SPIS).

The Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) is designed to enable advisors, service providers and practitioners in the field of solar irrigation to provide broad hands-on guidance to end-users, policy-makers and financiers. Risks related to system efficiency, financial viability and the unsustainable use of water resources can thus be minimized. The Toolbox comprises informative modules supplemented with user-friendly software tools (calculations sheets, checklists, guidelines). read more

Modules and tools touch upon:

• assessing the water requirements,
• comparing the financial viability,
• determining farm profitability and payback of investment in SPIS,
• sustainably design and maintain a SPIS,
• highlight critical workmanship quality aspects,
• and many more.

TRAINING

APP

E-LEARNING

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

NEWSLETTER

TOOLBOX DOWNLOAD

HANDBOOK

ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

PASSWORD

Further Reading, Links and Tools

Links

• Meteorological data sources: Getting NASA-SSE data of a particular site is straightforward. Specific site data can be generated on the NASA site at http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse/ (8/13/2015)
• Crop water requirement: CROPWAT: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/infores_databases_cropwat.html(8/13/2015)
• System sizing: https://www.lorentz.de/en/products/submersible-solar-pumps.html(8/13/2015)
• System sizing: http://de.grundfos.com/grundfos-wincaps.html(8/13/2015)
• The Grundfos sizing software is called WebCAPS and can be found at http://net.grundfos.com/Appl/WebCAPS. It works only for the company’s borepump products, the SQF range, although the site gives you the option of selecting surface pumps.
• Check the web for local irrigation calculators (e.g. http://www.irrigationcalculator.com/) (8/13/2015)
• Negotiation training sessions available on the web (e.g. http://www.fao.org) (8/13/2015)
• Irrigation Association. https://www.irrigation.org/Resources/Irrigation_Glossary_Pages/G-I.aspx

SPIS tools

• DESIGN 01 - Site Data Collection Tool
• DESIGN 02- SPIS Tool
• DESIGN 03 - Pump Suitability Check Selection Tool
• DESIGN 04-Case Study Mr. Paolo
• DESIGN 05-Pressure Loss Tool
• DESIGN 06 - Farm Analysis Tool
• DESIGN 07 - Simplified Financial Viability Calculation

The following tools that are assigned to other Modules are also relevant:

SAFEGUARD WATER 01- on sustainable water use