Solar panel rotation with sunlight

  The project is based on solar panel rotation. The structure is framed on two dc motors rotation. It consists of a dc plate which has a power output up to 100 watts. It can run up to 4 to 5 led lights. The solar panel plate is up to 160 watt which will give an output of 100 to 120 watt

Project Title

Solar panel rotation with sunlight

Project Area of Specialization

Computer Science

Project Summary

The project is based on solar panel rotation. The structure is framed on two dc motors rotation. It consists of a dc plate which has a power output up to 100 watts. It can run up to 4 to 5 led lights. The solar panel plate is up to 160 watt which will give an output of 100 to 120 watt in order to charge the battery of 100 m-power and will be used to run 4 to 5 led lights and a single fan. The normal solar plate is directed towards the east around at the angle of 60 degree. In order to collect energy more efficiently, solar panels should be angled to face as close to the sun as possible. The maximum time is to collect the energy efficaciously when the sun moves on top and is parallel towards the solar plate. The use of solar panel rotation is to track the movement of sun from east to west in order to collect maximum energy. We will be deploying the code on the Arduino with the help of an Arduino Compiler but before the final deployment, we will first deploy the code on our Prototype's Arduino. So, to get more efficiency of absorb the energy, active tracker is most suitable to be using in worldwide. But this type of tracker is use microcontroller as a controller where it easy to get faulty either in data collecting and present the data to motor.. Light dependent resistors, LDRs, or photo resistors are electronic components that are used to detect light & change the operation of a circuit will be fixed on the both sides in order to rotate the solar plate on its axis. A Solar Tracker is basically a device onto which solar panels are fitted which tracks the motion of the sun across the sky ensuring that the maximum amount of sunlight strikes the panels throughout the day. The inverter battery will run up to 6 to 7 hours after getting fully charged.

Project Objectives

The goal of this project is basically to control a solar panel with sunlight with the help of an Arduino. The ultimate goal is to make this project on a low budget with the same efficiency. Our project will mainly focus on the following objectives:

Build the proto-type of the circuit

Implement the code and test it

Assemble the hardware

Deploy the code on Arduino and test it

Working of the solar panel with sunlight

Project Implementation Method

For project implementation we will use the software Proteus and design the circuit of our project consisting of all the components. We will deploy the code in the Arduino on our prototype and test if the circuit is working properly or not and if the solar panels are rotating and showing the position & voltage on the LC. We will assemble all the components of our hardware together and construct it using the same circuit as of the prototype. We will do the soldering and connect all of them together. We will now deploy the code on the Arduino directly using the Arduino Compiler. All of the objectives of our project would have been implemented at this stage so we will now test our project. The biggest challenge we expect to face will be the coding because without that no matter how much perfect our hardware designing is the project won’t work at all. To address this challenge, we will be therefore testing it a bunch of times before deploying on the Arduino for the real testing and use another Arduino for the sample testing.

Benefits of the Project

Solar energy is a truly renewable energy source: Sun powered energy will be open as long as we have the sun, hence daylight will be accessible to us for at any rate for 5 billion years when according to scientists the sun is going to die.

Reduces Electricity Bills: The energy bills will drop as energy will be collected from solar system which is a free source.

Low maintenance costs: Sun based energy frameworks by and large don't need a great deal of support. You just need to keep them moderately perfect, so cleaning them several times each year will do the work.

Tracks the sun movement: As the program will be implemented on the solar plate, which will be utilized to rotate the solar plate to track the sun’s movement in order to collect energy more efficiently.

More efficacious: The Rotating Solar Panel system scans from one horizon to other to know the current position of sun and hence the position from which the greater solar energy can be harnessed. The position which has the highest energy capacity is chosen to charge the Battery. In this way, we can harness the most of from the Solar panel by adjusting it to be incident directly towards Sun consistently. Thus, this project makes this process of harnessing solar energy more efficacious and hence smarter.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final outcome of our project will be that we can easily use our solar plate for domestic purposes. With the help of the solar plate, we will be able to charge the battery which will operatr lights and fans. Other that that, we will be displaying the current and axis of the solar plate and the power of the battery on the LCD through coding.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Energy

Other Industries

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

No Poverty, Affordable and Clean Energy

Required Resources

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