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CT: Solar water pumps are high efficiency pumps specifically designed to run from solar panels. Coupled with a suitable pumping maximiser or controller, they continue to pump in low light conditions such as cloud cover, early morning and late afternoons. The most common variety of solar pumps are submersible bore pumps which, as the name suggests, are generally used for bore pumping applications where water is pumped from depths of up to 230m below ground level. Due to their ability to lift water to great heights, these submersible pumps are also suitable for water transfer applications such as dam to storage tank, storage tank to header tank, stock watering.
S: SOA – https://www.solaronline.com.au/solar-bore-pumps.html (last access:19 December 2016 )
N: 1. solar (adj): Mid-15c., “pertaining to the sun,” from Latin solaris “of the sun,” from sol “sun”. Meaning “living room on an upper story” is from Old English, from Latin solarium. Old English had sunlic “solar.” Astrological sense from 1620s. Meaning “operated by means of the sun” is from 1740; solar power is attested from 1915, solar cell from 1955, solar panel from 1964.
pump (n); “Apparatus for forcing liquid or air,” early 15c., of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe “water conduit, pipe,” or Middle Low German pumpe “pump” (Modern German Pumpe), both from some North Sea sailors’ word, possibly of imitative origin.
2. In a solar pump, solar energy is converted into electricity and fed to a pump that circulates water. These types of units can be used in swimming pools, fountains and larger agricultural projects.
3. The sun powers the thermo dynamics solar pump – no batteries, no high-voltage electricity, no engine consuming gasoline or diesel fuel – only harmless, low-voltage, solar-generated electricity, eternally available and pollution free. The solar pump system utilizes a positive displacement vane pump driven by a DC motor. A photovoltaic (PV) module drives the DC motor with a linear current booster that provides maximum performance at all solar irradiance levels.
4. Solar water pumps are often used in remote areas where the cost of running traditional water piping is cost prohibitive or you just want to provide water to an off-grid home. Solar water pumping systems are also used to pump water for livestock and crop irrigation.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=solar+pump (last access: 19 December 2016). 2. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/solar-pump-work-79745.html (last access: 19 December 2016). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://goo.gl/IzeA4L (last access: 19 December 2016). 4. altE Store – https://www.altestore.com/store/solar-water-pumps-c489/ (last access: 19 December 2016).
SYN: solar powered pump, solar-powered pump, solar water pump.
S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://goo.gl/IzeA4L (last access: 19 December 2016).
CR: photovoltaic solar energy, renewable energy, solar energy.
