MODELO PARA LA GESTIÓN DEL RIEGO POR GOTEO MEDIANTE ENERGÍA SOLAR FOTOVOLTAICA

Abstract

The use of solar-powered drip irrigation systems has many advantages, as a result, such systems have become increasingly widespread. However, the incorporation of photovoltaic energy have difficulties in the generation of power, due to the variability of solar radiation over time.

In this study, has been developed a model that allows the integration of the hydraulic and photovoltaic model be able to manage irrigation quality with different subnits, of irregular shape and topography, in which the plot to be irrigated has been divided, and which are supplied directly from an elevated reservoir or from a pump powered by photovoltaic energy.

The model has been generated in Matlab® being also useful to detect sizing problems both in the photovoltaic system and in the choice of pump for irrigation.