SPIS Toolbox - Design - Further Readings
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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.
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Further Reading, Links and Tools
Links
- Alfredson, T. & Cungu´, A. (2008): Negotiation Theory and Practice. A Review of the Literature. FAO. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/docs/up/easypol/550/4-5_negotiation_background_paper_179en.pdf
- Food and Agriculture Organization: Land & Water. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/land-water/en/
- GRUNDFOS. Retrieved from http://de.grundfos.com/
- 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.
- Irrigation Association (2017): Irrigation Glossary. Retrieved from http://www.irrigation.org/IAGlossary
- LORENTZ: Submersible Solar Pumps. Retrieved from https://www.lorentz.de/products-and-technology/pump-types/submersible-solar-pumps
- NASA (2016): Surface meteorology and Solar Energy. With the cooperation of Atmospheric Science Data Centre. Retrieved from http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse
SPIS tools
- DESIGN – Site Data Collection Tool
- DESIGN – SPIS Tool
- DESIGN – Pump Suitability Check Selection Tool
- DESIGN – Pressure Loss Tool
- DESIGN – Farm Analysis Tool
- DESIGN – Simplified Financial Viability Calculation
The following tools that are assigned to other Modules are also relevant:
- SAFEGUARD WATER – Water Requirement Tool
- IRRIGATE – Soil Tool
