Automated system for cleaning solar panels based on a linear actuator

Abstract

High volatility in the hydrocarbon market in tandem with an increase in anthropogenic impact on the environment has become one of the main reasons for the accelerated transformation of the global energy industry. Today we have witnessed a gradual increase in the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy industry structure of leading economically developed countries. Solar energy is a promising area of renewable energy for most economies because of its availability and ease of use. Not only for commercial companies but also for the private sector. Pollution of a front surface of a module has become a pressing problem of generating electrical energy by using photovoltaic panels (PVP). For a solution to the problem of timely panels cleaning developers proposed several options of systems none of which were widely used. We started the development of the panel cleaning system which is based on the linear actuator operation principle. The system is planned to be controlled by using the Arduino UNO R3 microcontroller which will allow us to minimize the share of human participation in the cleaning of PVP.