https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114204 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:54:15 GMT 2026-04-12T07:54:15Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115519 Surveys from CITE "Solar Powered Water Pumps Evaluation in India" Green, Jennifer; Gandhi, Amit; Ilten, Éadaoin; Lake, Brennan; Pandya, Vandana; Pesek, Sara Lynn; Spielberg, Jonars; Sung, Christina Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115519 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115518 CITE Solar Water Pump Sizing Tool Sung, Christina; Lake, Brennan; Ilten, Éadaoin; Gandhi, Amit This tool has been created to estimate a minimum requirement for the size of water pump (hp) you may need for your irrigation system without over pumping your water source. It was written as part of the MIT CITE Solar Water Pump Evaluation (cite.mit.edu) in collaboration with Technology Exchange Lab (www.techxlab.org). Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115518 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115516 Reports from CITE "Solar Powered Water Pumps Evaluation in India" Green, Jennifer; Gandhi, Amit; Ilten, Éadaoin; Lake, Brennan; Pandya, Vandana; Pesek, Sara Lynn; Spielberg, Jonars; Sung, Christina Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115516 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113499 Pump-sizing software tool for small-scale solar-powered irrigation systems in water-scarce conditions : a case study in Uttar Pradesh Sung, Christina Two small-scale well-irrigation systems in rural Uttar Pradesh which had previously operated via diesel pumps have been modified to operate via solar pumps. The regions where the irrigation systems are located are currently experiencing drought, and the well of one of the systems runs dry during irrigation. It is hypothesized that the 3HP solar pumps installed in the systems are larger than necessary, and are overdrawing from the water supply. A pump-sizing software tool was developed in Excel Spreadsheets to model and analyze the two specific systems, as well as to aid in future pump-sizing for long-term water sustainability for similar types of irrigation systems operating in water-scarce conditions. It was determined that the 3HP pumps installed in the irrigation systems are not unreasonably large for the crop water demands, and that under drought conditions, it was inevitable that continued irrigation at the two sites studied would eventually lead to well depletion and is thus unsustainable. Focusing on pump-sizing for these types of irrigation systems in water-scarce conditions may not be as effective for water sustainability as adjusting the irrigation systems and methods at the sites. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (page 20). Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113499 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z