[01] Sana Ben Mariem, National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry, Inrgref, University of Carthage, Ariana, Tunisia.

This work focuses on the study of a wind turbine pumping of groundwater for crops irrigation. We chose the Chott-Mariem region of Tunisian Sahel as a favorable region for the implementation of wind pumping groundwater system due to its high wind potential. The application relates to treate wind pumping with two modes, namely the wind pumping by windmill and the wind pumping by an electrical turbine. A first part of this work deals with the design of two wind pumping installations, based on the characteristic data of the region (available wind and water source) and the irrigation water requirements of the crops. The second part is concerned with the coupling of all the components of each installation to be modeled under the TRNSYS environment. The results of the simulation of two systems present the monthly water flows that could be obtained by these systems.

Wind Energy, Windmill, Turbine, Irrigation, TRNSYS

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