Programmed solar panel purgation system: Solar purgator

Abstract

 Solar energy is the most appealing green energy conversion technology. Interestingly, solar panels usage has increased enormously, and it is a subject of fascination since they are widely available. Dust characteristics are one of the major factors affecting Photovoltaic (PV) panel performance as well as the cost of maintaining and producing electricity from a PV system. The PV panel performance depends on a series of parameters: Internal and external factors. Internal factors are one from which solar cell material is made, depending upon different materials and manufacturing technologies. Efficiency of the solar PV panel varies, whereas the parameters affecting externally are climatic conditions, humidness, solar irradiance, panel orientation. It was observed that dust builds up on the modules front surface which blocks the sun incident light had a significant impact on the power producing ratio of PV modules, so it significantly decreased their ability to produce power output capacity by up to 50% and their efficiency by 58%. Hence, an Arduino based automated cleaning system based on piezoelectric actuator system is proposed to ensure that a solar panel operates at the best state of generation while using the solar panel in a dusty environment. For cleaning, this method employs two procedures. According to experimental findings, the suggested cleaning technique can function with an efficiency of 87-96%.