Accurate And Efficient Power Generation of Photovoltaic Systems Using Wireless Technology

Anand M. Sharan, Mohammad Zamanlou

In this work, automation and efficient power generation of a solar park are studied to overcome high inefficiencies that exist in most of the present parks. The inefficiencies arise from many reasons such as stationary condition of the photovoltaic panels to name one. The other problems arise because such parks extend over large areas and maintenance of efficient power generation becomes difficult if all of the panels are mounted such that they track the Sun for maximum power generation. In this work, the entire plant is operated from a single control room and all the tracking machines are commanded to follow the Sun from the control room through wireless signals. The entire motion of the panels is controlled from this room using Arduino Mega microcontroller. In addition, to enhance the accuracy and reliability, several additional measures have been incorporated so that through an accurate feedback system or fault detection mechanism has been provided for in this work.