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DOI	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.38.87
	Economic Analysis of the Using of Traditional Fuel and Solar Energy to Power Irrigation Pumps in Egypt
	Shouman, Enas R.; Ezz, Hesham; Bakhoum, Emad S.
通讯作者	Ezz, H
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN AFRICA
ISSN	1663-3571
EISSN	1663-4144
出版年	2018
卷号	38 页码:87-99
英文摘要	Water requirements in Egypt are growing due to population rise, improving living standard, and agriculture expansion. Nowadays, the agricultural sector represents the largest amount of the total water consumption in Egypt. In addition, the Egyptian government goal is to reclaim - as much - land in the desert to meet the food needs. In Egypt, most of electric energy depends on diesel powered generators; furthermore, desert areas are far away from the electric grids. These are the current considerable problems to reclaim desert in Egypt. On the other hand, delivering and using diesel is facing different economic and environmental risks due to its raising price as well as air pollution and global warming. Sustainable development is a challenge of Egyptian government; therefore, using solar energy applications can serve the unique needs of Egyptians who inhabit in desert area. One of these applications is the "off-grid solar water pumps" that discharge underground water from deep wells for agricultural uses. In this paper an economic study is presented to compare between using pumping system powered by traditional fossil fuel and another system powered by solar energy generated from PV panels to operate a farm in the desert fringes. The water pumping system is designed to irrigate a farm of 10 feddans. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended to use solar energy in desert reclamation due to its long run efficiency, environment conservation, and lower total life cycle cost.
英文关键词	Solar water pumping solar energy photovoltaic economic analysis PV energy irrigation Pomegranate trees life cycle costing
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000444289500009
WOS关键词	SYSTEM ; PERFORMANCE ; JORDAN
WOS类目	Engineering, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Engineering
Scopus学科分类	Madina Higher Inst Engn & Technol, Giza, Egypt.
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/332986
作者单位	[Shouman, Enas R.] Natl Res Ctr, Informat Syst Dept, Giza, Egypt; [Ezz, Hesham; Bakhoum, Emad S.] Natl Res Ctr, Civil Engn Dept, Giza, Egypt; [Ezz, Hesham; Bakhoum, Emad S.] Madina Higher Inst Engn & Technol, Giza, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shouman, Enas R.,Ezz, Hesham,Bakhoum, Emad S.. Economic Analysis of the Using of Traditional Fuel and Solar Energy to Power Irrigation Pumps in Egypt[J],2018,38:87-99.
APA	Shouman, Enas R.,Ezz, Hesham,&Bakhoum, Emad S..(2018).Economic Analysis of the Using of Traditional Fuel and Solar Energy to Power Irrigation Pumps in Egypt.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN AFRICA,38,87-99.
MLA	Shouman, Enas R.,et al."Economic Analysis of the Using of Traditional Fuel and Solar Energy to Power Irrigation Pumps in Egypt".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN AFRICA 38(2018):87-99.