Design and development of a water piston solar powered steam pump

Most solar pumping systems are based on photovoltaic receivers driving electric pumps. An alternative system is to use a boiling water solar receiver to operate a direct acting steam pump. The advantages lie in the relative simplicity of the pump giving ease of manufacture, maintenance, reliability...

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Published in:Solar energy Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 219 - 224
Main Authors: Picken, D.J, Seare, K.D.R, Goto, F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-09-1997
Elsevier
Pergamon Press Inc
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Summary:Most solar pumping systems are based on photovoltaic receivers driving electric pumps. An alternative system is to use a boiling water solar receiver to operate a direct acting steam pump. The advantages lie in the relative simplicity of the pump giving ease of manufacture, maintenance, reliability and low cost. At De Montfort University a simple direct acting steam pump has been developed over many years, so it has been a natural development to link this with a boiling water solar receiver. This paper is primarily concerned with the operation of the pump and overall system employed.
ISSN:0038-092X
1471-1257
DOI:10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00050-9