SOLAR POWERED STIRLING ENGINE DRIVEN WATER PUMP

Anish Saini, Shivam Kohli, Ajesh Jayachandran Pillai

Abstract: Depletion of non-renewable resources has been a major problem that we face in today’s world, thus taking this into consideration this paper we deal with the powering of water pump using solar energy, for this purpose we use the principle of stirling cycle to achieve the desired result. Parabolic mirror is used to concentrate the solar beams onto the area where enough energy is prod drive the stirling engine which works on the basic principal of the conversion of the heat energy to mechanical work depending on th heat difference being provided. A country like India, where energy crisis is a frequently observed problem, our system could be o great use especially in the areas where water deficiency is high, where shortage of electricity is a known fact. Our system uses the only abundant renewable energy that is the sun light generate electric power, this method can act as an important tool.

Keywords: Stirling engine, temperature difference, load, solar energy, water pump

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0211094