DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF

MICROCONTROLLER BASED ON SOLAR PANEL

CLEANING SYSTEM

Presented By:
Akshay Mhatre
Kalpesh Patil
Nagesh Jaunjal
Tushar Ithape

Guided by:
Prof. D.D. Jadhav
 ABS TRACT

• The purpose of this project is to develop a self-cleaning

mechanism for cleaning the solar panel so that the process
can become more reliable and fast, thus increasing the power
output of the solar power plant

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 CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Problem Statement
4. Methodology
5. Expected Outcomes
6. References

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 INTRODUCTION

•In these project we used the roller brush which clean the solar panel
with the help of sensor operated cleaning system.
•We can easily operate this system as per our requirement or as per
dust level in solar panel.
•It is completely dry clean system.
•In dusty areas such as the Middle East and India,Unclean solar panels
lose electricity production by 10 % to 35 %
• Keeping solar panels dust free will grow more solar power projects

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 LITERATURE REVIEW

Title, Author and Year Research methodology used Conclusion

Automatic Cleaning of Solar Panel studying the effects of dust on the f The losses of the output power of the
Dr. D. B. Kulkarni solar panels. Choosing the proper fixed solar panel at a tilt angle (35) is
Vol. 5 Issue 4 July 2015 microcontroller &sensor about 25% of the rated yield . The dirt
and bird drop make a hot spot in the
panel, and it can make temporary fail in
the panel.
Effect of Dust Accumulationon A measuring maximum operating Periodically weekly cleaning maintained
Performance of PhotovoltaicSolar Voltage, and Current on each module for performance losses between 2 – 2.5%.
Modules in Sahara Environment both before/after washing modules. So In framework once a week cleaning
Ali Omar Mohamed the maximum current and voltage is intervals and rinse every three days from ,
J. Basic.Appl. Sci. Res., measured at terminal via digital Multi- then follows by once a month ,that help
2(11)11030-11036, 2012 TextRoad meter device. to reduce thedirt's
Publication
• http://waset.org/publications/10305/effects-of-dust-on-the-performance-of-pv-panels
• http://marshcleaningsolutions.yolasite.com/services.php

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 PROBLEM STATEMENT
Conceptual:
•Environmental factors affecting efficiency of PV panels
•Dust, dirt, bird droppings, and pollen
•Dealing with oily stains
Technical:
•Time taking
• Risk of damage to the expensive solar panels by the unskilled
labour
•More expensive .

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 METHODOLOGY
Process flow chart:
Material Selection

Fabrication

Selection Of Standard Component

Design For StandardComponents

Purchasing Of Standard
Component

Assembly Of Components

Testing And Commisioning

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 EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• Dry cleaning can' not remove all the dirt on the surface of the solar
panel, but it is able to remove the outer layers of the dust.

• Dust must be removed from the surface of solar PV panel in order to

ensure highest performance,

• It was also shown that under greater irradiation, the effect of dust
became slightly reduced but not negligible.

• Also frequent periodic cleaning ensures that the solar panel works
with a good transmittance consistently at all times.

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 REFERENCE

• Journal Papers:
• Gradual Reduction of energy production of pv plants through continuous soiling. Prof.Dr.
• H.Häberlin and Ch.Renken. University of Applied Science Bern.University ofTechnology and
Architecture Burgdorf.
• A.Salim, F.Huraib, and N.Eugenio, " PV power-study of system options and optimization," in
Proceedings of the 8th European PV Solar, Energy Conference,Florence,Italy,1988.

http://waset.org/publications/10305/effects-of-dust-on-the-performance-of-pv-panels
http://marshcleaningsolutions.yolasite.com/services.php
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THANK
YOU !

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