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.

TRAINING

APP

E-LEARNING

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

NEWSLETTER

TOOLBOX DOWNLOAD

HANDBOOK

ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

PASSWORD

style="width: 160px; background-color: rgb(111, 142, 43);" | ►Back to the Module Page

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