Data from the monitoring of a photovoltaic water pumping system in Burkina Faso - February, May, July, August 2018

The data are fully described in the article: S. Meunier, M. Heinrich, L. Queval, J.A. Cherni, L. Vido, A. Darga, Ph. Dessante, B. Multon, P.K. Kitanidis, C. Marchand, "A validated model of a photovoltaic water pumping system for off-grid rural communities", Applied Energy, vol 241, pp. 580-591, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.035. Please cite this article when you use the data.

The data were collected on a photovoltaic (PV) water pumping system in the village of Gogma, Burkina Faso.
The data collected by the data logger are:
- Time: t
- Irradiance on the plane of the PV modules: G_pv [W/m2]
- Ambient temperature: T_a [°C]
- PV modules temperature: T_pv [°C]
- Voltage of the PV generator: V_pv [V]
- Current from the PV generator: I_pv [A]
- Pumped flow rate: Q_p [m3/s]
- Collected flow rate: Q_c [m3/s]

The data cover the following periods with a time step of 1 minute:
- 12 February - 18 February 2018
- 19 February - 21 February 2018
- 16 May - 29 May 2018
- 29 July - 11 August 2018

For any questions about the dataset please contact Simon Meunier: [e-mail]