Code 576 Solar Panel Cleaing Robot Over Iot

Solar energy, which is one of the renewable energy sources, has an important role in meeting the increasing electrical energy demand of our globe. In recent years, many countries have established their energy policies based on solar energy, and researchers have been working on solar panel efficiency, maximum energy extraction from the sun, control, and power electronics. The energy extracting from the sun is converted into electrical energy via solar panels.  To extract continuously maximum energy level from the sun reduces installation costs and makes it easier to meet the demanded peak electrical power. Physical conditions such as muddy rain, snow, and dusting place between the solar panel and the sun. This situation results in a reduced electrical power extraction level which can be technically produced with a clean solar panel surface. Therefore, it is also very important to keep the solar panels clean as well as the maximum power point tracking devices. In this study, a solar panel cleaning robot (SPCR) has been designed and tested in real-time.

Solar power is mainly harnessed from photovoltaic (PV) panels which are arranged in multiple arrays in a solar farm or solar system. However, the efficiency of energy generated from PV panels is affected by the accumulation of dust and debris, even on one panel in an array. This condition leads to the need for regular cleaning of the surface of  PV  panels.  Current labor-based cleaning methods for photovoltaic arrays are costly in time, water, and energy usage as well as lacking in automation capabilities.  To overcome this problem,  a  fully automatic solar panel cleaning system without water is proposed. Hence,  in this projec,  the design of a  robot for automated cleaning of the surface of the PV  panel is presented.  The design utilizes an  Arduino controller system to control the robot’s movement during the cleaning process.The result shows that the developed solar panel cleaning robot is able to clean the  panel effectively and increase back  the output current as well as the maximum power of the panel by 50%, after the dust on the PV panel is cleaned.