A Solar Panel Cleaning Robot Design and Application

Abstract

Solar energy, which is one of the renewable energy sources, has an important role in meeting the increasing electrical energy demand of our globe. In recent years, many countries have established their energy policies based on solar energy, and researchers have been working on solar panel efficiency, maximum energy extraction from the sun, control and power electronics. The energy extracting from the sun is converted into electrical energy via solar panels. To extract continuously maximum energy level from the sun reduces installation costs and makes it easier to meet the demanded peak electrical power. Physical conditions such as muddy rain, snow and dusting place between the solar panel and the sun. This situation results the reduced electrical power extraction level which can be technically produced with clean solar panel surface. Therefore, it is also very important to keep the solar panels clean as well as the maximum power point tracking devices. In this study, a solar panel cleaning robot (SPCR) has been designed and tested in real time. The designed dual-motor and crawler robot moves horizontally and the cleaning brush runs on the vertical axis. In addition, the length of the solar panel array can be detected by position switches to keep the SPCR in desired working area.

To Investigate the Dust Particles and Improve the Performance of Photo Voltic Panels by Using Sliding Cleaning Technique

“…This section discussed the cleaning techniques used for cleaning the PV cells. This [20], is about designing a solar panel cleaning robot (SPCR).Our planet daily absorbs a lot of solar energy from the sun and it can be used to solve the electrical energy crisis. The energy coming from the sun can be transform into electrical energy through PV cells.…”

Innovative Robot Design for Cleaning Solar Panels

“…The purpose of the software part of the project is to control the simulated hardware of the system, including the mechanical components. In general, in a real case, small microcontrollers such as the well-known ATMEGA328P are preferred in such a system, as the control algorithm can easily be implemented on them (Akyazi et al, 2019).…”

Designing and Manufacturing a Robot for Dry-Cleaning PV Solar Panels

“…In light of the growing awareness of climate change risks and the increasing greenhouse gas emissions as a result of the negative environmental effects of fossil fuels, for this reason, the global trend focuses to encourage the development of strategies to replace fossil energy generation with clean renewable energy sources. Therefore, generating solar electricity from photovoltaic panels is considered one of the most important global challenges to exploiting clean and renewable energy sources to achieve sustainable development goals and mitigate the effects of climate change [1][2][3]. In recent decades, there has been a clear growth in the utilization of solar energy, especially in the generation of electrical energy through photovoltaic (PV) panels in most countries of the world, whether developed or developing.…”