Title :
Development of an automatic cleaning system for photovoltaic plants
Author :
Alireza Gheitasi;Ali Almaliky;Nawaf Albaqawi
Author_Institution :
Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design, Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand
Abstract :
This paper aims at developing a low-cost automation system to maintain the efficiency of solar panels connected in an array by providing an on demand cleaning. Wireless Sensor networks has been implemented to collect the data from individual panels. Monitoring data and information trends then will be used to trigger a robotic system to clean the surface of unclean panels.
Keywords :
"Cleaning","Monitoring","Decision support systems","Robots","Automation","Solar panels","Arrays"
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific
DOI :
10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380938
