Design and Fabrication of Sun Tracking Solar Panel with Automatic Panel Cleaning System

Authors

  • George Daniel  BE students, Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, PSN College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Austin Saji  BE students, Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, PSN College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
  • K. Saravanakarthikeyan  Professor, Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, PSN College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
  • V. Ramkumar  Professor, Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, PSN College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

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Abstract

Sun is a low cost source of electricity and instead of using the generators; solar panel can convert direct sun rays to electricity. Conventional solar panel, fixed with a certain angle, limits there area of exposure from sun due to rotation of Earth. In pursuing to get the maximum energy converted from the sun, an automatic system is required which should be capable to constantly rotate the solar panel. The automatic solar tracking system solves this problem. A microcontroller is used as the hardware along with the comparison unit of LDR values for detecting the ray strength and shift the panel towards the maximum output from the sun.Servo motor is used to rotate the panel to the desired position. The system tracks by comparing the intensity of light falling on the sensors. Based on the sensors output the motor can rotate the solar panel to meet the sun’s maximum position.This system also connected with cleaning arm, which cleans the panel in suitable rotation with the help of the servo motor.This cleaning feature helps to increase the efficiency of the solar power.

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2021-04-10

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Volume 9, Issue 1, March-April-2021

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George Daniel, Austin Saji, K. Saravanakarthikeyan, V. Ramkumar, " Design and Fabrication of Sun Tracking Solar Panel with Automatic Panel Cleaning System, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp.523-528, March-April-2021.