Abstract
There has been an increasing trend of using solar and other renewable sources of energy for generating electrical power for domestic and industrial applications. With regards to solar energy harvesting, research shows that high temperature of the solar panel surface and presence of dust on it decreases the power output, and reduces its efficiency. Therefore, a cleaning and cooling system is expected to enhance the overall performance of the system. This paper presents an automated and cost-saving water flow-based solar panel cooling system which harvests more electrical power due to its cooling mechanism, as well as run its cooling system using a part of the harvested energy. The complete system can be monitored and controlled remotely through the Internet using an IoT device and a mobile application. Experimental results show that on a typical day, the developed system gives approximately 30% more output power due to the cooling mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2020 1st International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, SMART-TECH 2020 |
| Editors | Anis Koubaa, Ahmad Taher Azar, Basit Qureshi |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 134-137 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728174075 |
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| State | Published - Nov 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - 2020 1st International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, SMART-TECH 2020 |
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Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 IEEE.
Keywords
- Cooling System
- IoT
- Solar panel
- automated System
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instrumentation
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Control and Optimization
