UTILIZAÇÃO DE SISTEMAS SOLAR E EÓLICO NO BOMBEAMENTO DE ÁGUA PARA USO NA IRRIGAÇÃO

Resumo

The objective of this study was to verify the economic viability of generating systems of wind energy and solar photovoltaic in the water pumping for irrigation in fruit trees in the country properties. To do so, there is an applied research at two stations in Santa Maria, the first being located in the community of Canabarro and the second in Polytechnic College of the UFSM. The data were collected in the period of September of 2007 and September of 2008. The results demonstrated the viability to the wind equipment and solar photovoltaic for use in the complementary irrigation for crops of guava, fig and vine. With the photovoltaic system, the pumped volume was of approximately 5000 m3 / h with wind system and the pumped volume was 6 m3/ha. The wind sets showed low efficiency when compared to the photovoltaic systems, which are more efficient