EV Integrated PV Water Pumping System with Priority-Based Control

Solar photovoltaic-based water pumping system (PVWPS) is emerging as a promising solution for addressing the water needs in rural/remote regions. However, there is a need to increase the utilization of installed PV capacity in such PVWPS as water pumping is required only a few hours a week. To address this issue, in this paper an electric vehicle integrable PVWPS with priority-based control is proposed. It will enable alternative utilization of installed PV capacity and thus would result in improved return on investment. The proposed system is validated through MATLAB simulation. The satisfactory performance of the proposed system has been observed under various operating scenarios. The proposed PVWPS with optimized configuration and design parameters could be further explored in future.