Utilization Of Robotics For Solar Panel Cleaning and Maintenance

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2019-12-04

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Park, Haon
Öztürk, Abdullah
Park, Hajun
Khan, Muhammed Umer

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In this study, a portable and low-cost solar panel cleaning robot with a functioning to blow away dust was designed and built to incur labor costs.The robot is service effective, environmentally friendly, energy independent, self-automated, long durable, and cost-effective. After cleaning operation, output voltage and current in solar panel increased by 8.02% and 18.78%, respectively. Moreover, the image processing with the photos taken by a camera fixed on the robot made classification according to color changes in the solar panel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the automated and multifunctional robot may facilitate the solar panel surface cleaning and be an applicable maintenance method through remote monitoring of the surface conditions.

Subject Keywords

Solar panel, Robotics, Dust mitigation, Autonomous cleaning system, Image processing, Güneş paneli, Robot, Toz azaltma, Özgün temizleme sistemi, Görüntü işleme

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https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/konjes/issue/50455/654942
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/114217

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Article