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Performance Evaluation of Energy-Efficient Submersible Tubular Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor for Irrigation Application

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Energy efficient ground water harvesting is one of the key issues faced by the developing nations like India in the agricultural sector. In most of the Indian agricultural land, the depth of the bore well reaches 450 to 500 m below the ground water level. The existing pumps using the induction motor (IM) as the prime over may no longer be the best choice as there is a shift in the best operating point, delivering at low flow rate and significant head losses. Also, under low water table regions, usage of IM results in higher number of impeller stages which significantly increases the cost of the system with reduced torque constraints. Hence, this research work investigates the 15 kW submersible tubular brushless permanent magnet motor (STBLPM) as an alternate candidate for submersible tubular induction motor (STIM) which is designed to operate in bore well at 4000 rpm to meet the higher head requirements specifically for low water table regions. FEM analysis has been used for the optimization and efficiency prediction of the STIM and proposed STBLPM. An energy efficient 15 kW STBLPM has been implemented in real-time and the test results are validated with the outcomes of the FEM analysis. The improvement in efficiency of STBLPM is approximately 8% compared to the conventional STIM which pays way for a substantial quantum of energy conservation.

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  1. EEE Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641004, India

    Maruthachalam Sundaram, Jaganathan Chelladurai, Mouttouvelou Anand & P. Varunraj

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, 144603, India

    Shubham Sharma

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Centre for Research and Development and Chandigarh University, Chandigarh, Punjab, 140413, India

    Shubham Sharma

  4. Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department, University of Sharjah, P O Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE

    Mamdouh El Haj Assad

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Sundaram, M., Chelladurai, J., Anand, M. et al. Performance Evaluation of Energy-Efficient Submersible Tubular Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor for Irrigation Application. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 14327–14341 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-06744-2

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