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Abstract
Accumulation of dusty elements on the surface of the solar photovoltaic (SPV) panel decreases its performance significantly. In this regard, this work presents the design and experimental analysis of a novel self-powered solar panel cleaning mechanism system to clean the SPV panel. The cleaning system is powered by two small SPV panels with rechargeable batteries and does not need power from the solar panel which is to be cleaned. The experimental model is based on three DC motors which are intelligently controlled by dedicated driver units that move a cleaning brush on the solar panel in a dual-axis moving a frame. This work is carried out by the help of the Arduino Uno microcontroller board which effortlessly controls all the connected devices. The experimental results clearly show that there is a substantial increase in the efficiency of the SPV panel. Moreover, the proposed work has been carried out by considering the following aspects: (i) efficacy of anti-soiling (ii) frequency of cleaning and (iii) energy saving (observation on daily, weekly and monthly basis).
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Manoj Kumar Swain
Manoj Kumar Swain is graduated from Jagannath Institute of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha in 2004 in Electrical Engineering. He has done M. Tech. in Power Electronics and Drives from Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunupur in 2011. Currently he is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department at GEC Bhubaneswar. His research interest includes power converters, renewable energy sources, electric drives, multi-phase machines.
Manohar Mishra
Manohar Mishra is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of EEE Department, under the FET, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, M. Tech in Power Electronics and Drives and B. Tech in Electrical Engineering in 2017, 2012 and 2008, respectively. He has published more than 50 research papers in various reputed peer reviewed International Journals, and Conferences. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience. He has served as Convener of several International Conferences such as n IEPCCT-2019, GTSCS-2020, IEPCCT-2021 and ODICON-2021. Currently, he is serving as Guest editor in different international journals such as International Journal of Power Electronics, International Journal of Innovative Computing and Application, and Neural Computing and Application. His area of interest includes power system protection, renewable energy, smart grid, micro-grid.
Ramesh C. Bansal
Ramesh C. Bansal has more than 25 years of teaching, research, academic leadership, and industrial experience. Currently, he is a Professor in EE Department, University of Sharjah (UAE) and extraordinary professor at University of Pretoria (South Africa). In previous postings, he was Professor and Group head (Power) in EEC Department, University of Pretoria (South Africa) and worked with the University of Queensland (Australia); University of the South Pacific (Fiji); BITS Pilani (India); and Civil Construction Wing, All India Radio. Prof. Bansal has published over 325 journal articles, conference papers, books, books chapters. He has Google citations of 11000 and h-index 50. He has supervised 25 PhD and 4 Post Docs. He is an Editor/AE of IEEE Systems Journal, IET-RPG, Tech. Eco. Smart Grids, and Sust. Energy, and Electric Power Comp. and Systems. He is a Fellow, and CP Engg IET-UK, Fellow Institution of Engineers (India). His research interests include renewable energy, power systems, and smart grid.
Shazia Hasan
Shazia Hasan was born in India, in 1980. She received her bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from UCE, Burla, India, in 2002 and Ph.D. in Engineering from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, India, in 2012. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience in different engineering colleges. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus from 2015. Dr. Shazia Hasan won ‘Young Scientist Award’ from VIFRA in 2015. She is the author of several papers in peer-reviewed international/national journals and international/national conferences. She also served as a Reviewer of international journals. She organized several conference/seminars/workshops in the past. She successfully completed the industrial consultancy project from ‘Star Cement’ as Principal Investigator. Her research interest includes digital signal processing, biomedical signal processing, and statistical filter design.