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This work will address the problem related with scarceness of fresh water in remote area of the country generally and in the province of Balochistan particularly. The Balochistan province of Pakistan is less developed comparing with other part of the country, having acute shortage of fresh water for irrigation as well as for domestic use. The photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is the most suitable option for pumping of underground water for the use of cultivation of land as well as for drinking water about human being along with animals in remote area of the province. A PV solar powered water pumping system was modeled and simulated for its performance in this study. The system consist over two PV pumping units having capacity of 410W and operated through direct current motors. The controller was used in this system based upon electronic D.C input to D.C output. The modules of (220Wp) solar panels with two submersible pumps were used in series for pumping the underground water from the well at the depth of 63m. When solar radiation intensity reached at 200Wm-2 then pumps started running discharged water on the surface. Similarly when radiation reached at 900W/m-2 then flow of water became smooth. The discharge rate of water through pump affected when the ambient temperature exceeded from 25°C. The performance of pump was the excellent at an angle of the latitude for selected site (27.80°N). The simulated results indicated that modeling over the software PVSYST will be viable for solar water pumping system, and will provide efficient as well as economical design for low income person residing in remote area of the country.

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Fresh watersolar energysolar water pumping systemirradiationsimulations.
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Bashir Ahmed Leghari, Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, Liaquat Ali Lehri, Wazir Muhammad Leghari. (2022). Modeling and Simulation of Solar PV Based Water Pumping System in the area of Khuzdar Balochistan Pakistan.. Cithara Journal, 62(12). ISSN: 0009-7527