Design and Testing of Cleaning System for Solar Panel Using Bluetooth

Jagabandhu Kar, Asan Banu, Premanand Karattu Puthanveedu, Salim Sulaiman Salim Al-Harmi, Mazin Saleh Saif Al Mamari

Arduino micro controller, automatic cleaning system, Bluetooth, motor driver, PV modules, roller brush, wiper, and water pump.

A solar panel generates electricity by letting light into the solar cells. Solar panels in Gulf region must be regularly cleaned due to the numerous dust storms that occur there. It will be incredibly expensive and time consuming to complete the operation manually. The objective of this research is to create a technology for self-cleaning solar panels using Bluetooth. Cleaning must be done frequently if electricity output is required to be more efficient. At predetermined time periods, the dust from the solar panel must be automatically cleaned off. The proposed work uses dc motors that are powered by a controller circuit with Bluetooth to clean the solar panels. The primary objective was to create a self-cleaning system with an appropriate controller that can clean solar panels. The bulk of the dirt that has been deposited on the solar panel is removed when cleaning it with water, which boosts cleaning effectiveness. Arduino Mega 2560 controller controls the water pump, motor and wiper. As the cleaning system drives power from solar panel battery, no other power sources are needed. This work investigates the potential for cleaning solar panels to increase the output. As a result, the solar panel is constructed and maintained for the automated system, as well as enhance panel capacity.

https://doi.org/10.31871/IJNTR.9.9.9