Design and Fabrication of Solar Panels Cleaning System : A Review

Authors

  • Rahul K. Parihar  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Rahul K. Kalnake  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Rakesh H. Dongre  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Roshan D. Raut  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Vipin P. Ramteke  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Vivek S. Karanjekar  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Vaibhav V. Patankar  Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Academic Collage of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Solar Panels, Energy loss, Mechanism, Automatic Dust Cleaning, Microcontroller.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to give an innovative concept to handle energy demand around the world is increasing rapidly for many applications. Solar energy is abundant in nature and is proving its existence for many applications like street lighting, house hold appliances, water heating, agricultural and industrial purpose. One of the ways to harness solar energy is done by using solar panels. Limitation of solar energy is its efficiency for any application due to the factors like dust, humidity, temperature etc. Electrical parameters of solar panel are sensitive to accumulated dust density and will affect the transmittance of the solar panel thereby reduce its efficiency. In order to overcome this problem, it is necessary to clean the solar panels regularly. One of the method is to increase the efficiency of solar panel is by removing the dust accumulated on solar panel. Cleaning of solar panels is difficult task. The normal way to clean the solar panels is washing them manually but it is not reliable and economical. In this regard a work is taken up to design and implement the automatic dust cleaning mechanism for solar panel.This mechanism is based on control circuit, DC motor; microfiber (bristles) to clean the panels. The paper provides you with the idea how the mechanism will work and its effect on the energy production by solar farms. It will also to help to understand the problem arise due to not cleaning of solar cells.

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2019-03-16

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Volume 5, Issue 6, March-2019

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Rahul K. Parihar, Rahul K. Kalnake, Rakesh H. Dongre, Roshan D. Raut, Vipin P. Ramteke, Vivek S. Karanjekar, Vaibhav V. Patankar, " Design and Fabrication of Solar Panels Cleaning System : A Review, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp.399-402, March-2019.