An Automated Cleaning System of the Solar PV Panel

AN AUTOMATED CLEANING SYSTEM OF THE SOLAR PV PANEL Abstract: The solar Photovoltaic (PV) modules are generally employed in outdoor environment, which leads to the problem of soiling. When the dust particles accumulates on the solar panels, it decreases the efficiency of solar panel in terms of power output. As the dust collected on the panels blocks the solar cells from the sun's rays and act as a screening effect and hence it will decrease the performance of the solar cells. To overcome this problem of soiling, a new automatic cleaning system is designed in the present invention, which uses a transparent polyethylene sheet, a plurality of sensors, a smart unit comprising of microprocessor which compares the power output from time to time and monitors the efficiency of the panel then change the transparent polyethylene sheet automatically, thereby cleaning the solar PV panels automatically. Electdcal Battery Software system gear system DC motor Figure: Block diagram of the Automated Cleaning System. Dr. Mohd Tariq Miss Alina Naaz Mr. Mohd Azam Dr. Mohamed I. Mosaad Dr. Mansour Aijohani AN AUTOMATED CLEANING SYSTEM OF THE SOLAR PV PANEL Drawings: := 002 006< 304 Figure 1: A representation of the fixed solar PV panel cleaning system