 A solar pump combined with a Rope pump. In development at the SMART Centre  A Wind Rope pump. A Wind mill combined with a Rope pump. This is one of the most cost effective and simple water pumping wind mills.
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Description
Pumps can be powered by renewable energy like wind and sun.
Advantages compared to engine pumps
- – No cost for Fuel
- – If combined with a Rope pump or if it is a submersible pump model, it can pump from wells deeper than 7 meters.
Disadvantages compared to engine pumps
- – Investment cost is higher
- – No pumping when there is no wind or no sun
- – A wind pumps needs a storage tank of at least 3 days of use
- – Wind pump is a new technology and skills for production and installation need to be further developed
- – More complicated in use
Submersible Solar Pumps
The SMART centre is testing also a Singflo submersible solar pump. This can pump up to 60 meters high
Information
- Solar pumps exist in many sizes. This catalogue focus on models below 1000US$
- The Solar and wind Rope pump now tested at the SMART Centre, pump from 20 meters
- Pump capacity of both models is 2 to 5 cubic meters per day
- Cost indication: Still in development.
- Producers. Info at SMART Centre Tanzania and Malawi
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