AUTOMATIC SOLAR PANEL CLEANING SYSTEM
| Author(s) | : | Saad I Patel |
| Institution | : | Electrical Engineering Department, S.V.M. Institute of Technology |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 12 — December 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 1-6 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The power output delivered by photovoltaic module highly depends on the amount of photovoltaic rayswhich reaches the solar cells. Solar power generation can be influenced by many factors. However, the major factorswhich reduce the generation of solar power are shadows, snow, dust, dirt, sea salt. When these particles accumulated onsolar panel blocks the sunlight. The result shows that it affects the voltage provided by the module. A cleaning system hasbeen developed that uses microfiber technology to remove dust particles from the surface of solar panels. A low DCvoltage is applied to DC motors which are mounted on two different sides of solar panel and connected in anti-parallelconnection. It has been demonstrated that more than 90% of dust particles are repelled from the solar panel aftercleaning operation. It was demonstrated that the energy consumption by accessories of cleaning system is less. Thistechnology is expected to increase the efficiency of mega solar power plants. The merits of using the automatic solarpanel cleaning is that the cleaning system has light weight and compact structure.
Saad I Patel, “AUTOMATIC SOLAR PANEL CLEANING SYSTEM”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 12, pp. 1-6, December 2018.
