Solar-powered Drip Irrigation Modeling
For my Master’s work, I helped to create a model to optimize the cost, revenue, and reliability of solar-powered drip irrigation systems for small farms. The Solar-powered Drip Irrigation Optimal Performance (SDrOP) model considers the system interdependencies and simulates seasonal performance and irrigation reliability. My focus was on modeling the agronomy and crop yield, the solar power system, and the operation simulation logic loop.
See the Applied Energy Journal publication here.
Solar-powered drip irrigation system
The Solar-powered Drip Irrigation Optimal Performance (SDrOP) model
The Operation Simulation Logic Loop
Two Day Example of the Operation Simulation Logic Loop