pumps.yaml

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# pumps.yaml - The water pump(s) input information.                            #
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# Author: Ben Winchester                                                       #
# Copyright: Ben Winchester, 2022                                              #
# Date created: 01/02/2023                                                     #
# License: MIT                                                                 #
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# Information about the water pumps used to pump HTF (nominally water) around
# the PV-T and solar-thermal collectors in the system. The information here is
# used to determine the contributions to the overall energy consumption of these
# systems as well as the cost.
#

pumps:
  # Grundfos.
  # CRNF 15-1 A-CA-A-E-HQQE
  # https://product-selection.grundfos.com/uk/products/crflex/crnf-15-1-98415336?tab=variant-specifications&pumpsystemid=2024447336
  # (accessed February 1, 2023).
  #
  - name: crnf_15_1_a_ca_a_e_hqqe
    cost: 4170  # [USD/pump]
    efficiency: 0.85
    # Emissions information from:
    #   Todde, G. et al.
    #   Embodied energy and environmental impact of Large-Power Stand-Alone photovoltaic
    #   irrigation systems. Energies 11 (8), 2110 (2018).
    #   https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/8/2110
    #   https://doi.org/10.3390/en11082110
    emissions: 145
    nominal_flow_rate: 5.69  # [kg/s]
    nominal_power: 1.73  # [kW/pump]