Integrated Design of Solar Water Pump and Biosand Filter for Rural Well-Water Purification

A.E. Isiyaku¹ , S.M. Alhassan² , S.S. Danmahe³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.2 , pp.20-31, Jun-2020

Online published on Jun 30, 2020

Copyright © A.E. Isiyaku, S.M. Alhassan, S.S. Danmahe . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Rural wells are accessible in many networks and provincial settlements inside Nigeria. These wells are typically shallow sort development and around 5 to 15 meter depth which requires much energy input in lifting out the water. Additionally, the water for the most part get polluted and wind up unpurified due to various types of waste produced from the expectation for everyday comforts and afterward results to waterborne diseases. Hence, an easy access to well water and making it cleaned have turned out to be vital. This paper works on a proposed design for a potential integration of a solar water pump and a Biosand Filter (BSF) for the purification of rural well water. A Biosand purification technique was adopted for being a natural purification method and water pumping using solar energy which is a propitious alternative to regular power and diesel based pumping frameworks was utilised for the study. Solar photovoltaic (PV) water pumping technology runs a DC or AC engine based water pump by converting solar energy into electrical based energy. The required system power is provided by PV, which runs the circuitry system. A point-of-use (POU) biosand filter of Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) was adopted and designed for multiple users POUs in a circular shape and each POU has water inlet and outlet channel. DC submersible water pump was connected directly to the storage tank from the well. An Arduino microcontroller coupled with water sensor was programmed to control the water level for refilling the BSF from the storage tank and also serve as the on and off control mechanism. The system operation requires no basic procedures of human association and will provide healthy clean water in rural communities by easy means with high performance

Key-Words / Index Term :
Well water Purification; Solar water pump; Biosand filter; Arduino Microcontroller

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