This paper is published in Volume-5, Issue-2, 2019
Area
Engineering
Author
M. L. Thorat, Rutuja Walimbe, Aishwarya Patil, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Supriya Thorat
Org/Univ
RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pub. Date
18 April, 2019
Paper ID
V5I2-1938
Publisher
Keywords
Solar energy, Solar cleaning system, Single axis solar tracker, Environmental factors, Proteus software

Citationsacebook

IEEE
M. L. Thorat, Rutuja Walimbe, Aishwarya Patil, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Supriya Thorat. Implementation of automatic solar tracking and cleaning system, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
M. L. Thorat, Rutuja Walimbe, Aishwarya Patil, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Supriya Thorat (2019). Implementation of automatic solar tracking and cleaning system. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 5(2) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
M. L. Thorat, Rutuja Walimbe, Aishwarya Patil, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Supriya Thorat. "Implementation of automatic solar tracking and cleaning system." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 5.2 (2019). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

With the growing requirement of electricity and concern for the environmental impact of fossil fuels, implementation of eco-friendly energy sources like solar power is rising. The solar PV modules are generally employed in dust environments which is the case in tropical countries like India. The dust gets accumulated on the front surface of the module and blocks incident light from the sun. The power output reduces as much as by 30% if the module is not cleaned for a month. Accumulation of dust on even one panel in an array reduces their efficiency in energy generation considerably and need to keep the panel surface as clean as possible. In this paper, we designed a system which not only tracks sun but also clean module automatically. This mechanism required an LDR for tracking the sun. While cleaning the solar panels, a mechanism consists of sliding brushes has been developed. In terms of daily energy generation, the present tracking -cum cleaning scheme provides about 30% more energy output as compared to the stationary PV module. This paper gives an idea about the combination of tracking and cleaning system.