SPIS Toolbox - Design - Further Readings
Introduction
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.
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
