SOLARIS POWER

Abstract

• Solaris Power project is a system capable of providing complete energy backup for the houses,
offices or schools etc.
• The principle of working is to convert Solar Energy (DC) into utilizable AC energy.
• The main criteria in designing this project is to make it as compact as possible.

Reasons for Implementation:

 BLOCK DIAGRAM

MAIN OUTPUT

PV
DISPLAY
PANELS CONTROLLER PANEL

DC 
Voltages

COMBINER
AC LOAD UP TO
& DC CHARGE INVERTER SAFETY
SAFETY CONTROLLER
PANEL
1KVA
BOX

Rectified  
DC Supply from 
DC Voltages
Batteries

CHARGERS
WORK DIVISION
CHARGE
AC CHARGER / DC TRACKER CONTROLLER
CHARGER
DISPLAY

BATTERY BANK BATTERY

CHARGERS INVERTER
CAD LAYOUT
 STAGE 1
BATTERY
CHARGE
TRACKER CHARGERS INVERTER
CONTROLLER
(AC + DC)

TRACKER
‰ Tracking method to be used: HORIZONTAL Tracking.
‰ Devices used for tracking will be Photo‐sensors or LDR.
‰ Scan rate to adjust the position with the Sun to be 1 Hour.

SENSOR1 SENSOR2

MOTOR
 TRACKER

The Reference Circuit VIN VOUT VOUT / 5V Digital Equivalent

11V 2.996V 0.5992 613

+ + 12V 3.29V 0.658 674

VIN VOUT 13.8V 3.64V 0.728 745

14V 3.68V 0.736 753

‐ ‐
DIGITAL VALUE = (VOUT / 5V) * 1023
 STAGE 2
BATTERY
CHARGE
TRACKER CHARGER INVERTER
CONTROLLER
(DC)

CHARGE CONTROLLER
‰ The output from PV panel is regulated for the proceeding stage. 
‰ The controlling process is performed by a Microcontroller. 
‰ Operating range:  12V  to 20V  DC
‰ Output voltage:    12V DC
‰ Output Current:   5A DC
(The current range depends on the Battery size)
 STAGE 2
BATTERY
CHARGE
TRACKER CHARGER INVERTER
CONTROLLER
(DC)

BATTERY CHARGER (PV REGULATOR)

CONTROL ELEMENT

MODULATING  ELEMENT

SENSING ELEMENT
 TESTING PV REGULATOR

Interfaced with the Control circuit.

Initial voltage setup.

 STAGE 3
BATTERY
CHARGE
TRACKER CHARGER INVERTER
CONTROLLER
(AC to DC)

BATTERY CHARGER
‰ AC – DC CHARGER:
ƒ Charging source will be the Main electric supply (KESC).
ƒ This part of charger will be used when Sunlight is unavailable.
ƒ Current required for charging depends on the battery size. CONTROL CIRCUIT

The charging time and voltages will be controlled and monitored by the Microcontroller.
 STAGE 4
BATTERY
CHARGE
TRACKER CHARGERS INVERTER
CONTROLLER
(AC to DC)

INVERTER
‰ Input 12V DC & Output 220V AC. DC-AC
‰ Maximum Power 1kVA. INVERTER
‰ Sine wave, 50/60Hz.
SINE-PWM
CIRCUIT
DC-DC
CONVERTER
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
FULL
12 VDC INPUT BRIDGE
ƒ Size reduction. FROM BATTERY INVERTER

ƒ Use of Ferrite Core Transformer.
ƒ Implementation of PIC microcontrollers.  LOW PASS
FILTER

220 VAC
60Hz
OUTPUT
PWM CIRCUIT
 DC-DC CONVERTER
TL494 PUSH‐PULL 
PULSE CIRCUIT
OUTPUT RESULTS

C
I
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C
U 170VAC
I
T
TL494 IC
T
E
S
T OUTPUT
NOISE
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 DC-DC CONVERTER Contd..
SG3525 PUSH‐PULL 
PULSE CIRCUIT

OUTPUT WAVEFORM

211 VAC

MOSFETs IRFZ44
SG3525
 FERRITE CORE TRANSFORMER

• Ferrite is a class of Ceramic Material with useful electro‐magnetic properties.
• Basically there are two types of ferrites: Soft & Hard.
• Their applications varies according to size & frequencies ranging from 1kHz to 300MHz.
• There are two kinds of cores applications : Signal transformer & Power transformer.

STRAIGHT –UP OPEN‐END
• We have two sizes of core ETD44 & ETD49

• Calculation for ETD49
 FERRITE CORE TRANSFORMER

• Calculation for ETD49 contd..
 FERRITE CORE TRANSFORMER
TRANSFORMER TESTING

25 VDC
INVERTER CIRCUIT

MOSFET DRIVER
IRF2110

• The No‐load voltages were 238VAC and when the

load of 200W was applied the voltages dropped to
188VAC.
 PIC INVERTER CIRCUIT

• The filter design to convert the

square output into Sine wave.
 FILTER DESIGN PSPICE

OUTPUT PULSES
FROM FILTER

OUTPUT PULSES
FROM INVERTER
FINAL INVERTER PCB
FINAL MODULES
 VIDEOS

DRILLING 1 REFINING

TRACKER

DRILLING 2 FITTING