New Concept of wind pumping system: Introduction and state of the art

Abstract

In this paper a new concept of wind pumping system that combines the advantages of the mechanical wind pumping system and those of the electrically powered one is proposed. The system consists mainly of a wind turbine, a DC machine and storage facility. The whole system will be controlled in a goal to improve the total power efficiency. First, a literature survey over what has been done up to now on wind pumping is presented. The details of the proposed system design are given. Then, the advantages of the proposed system compared to actual ones are shown. Then since this system is a part of an accepted PRFU national research project 2020–2024, an Algerian windy site for its intended implementation is suggested. Finally the three wind pumping systems are simulated to prove that the developed one has the best results.