PROJECT TITLE

SOLAR PANEL CLEANING ROBOT

GROUP MEMBER
 ROLL OF SOLAR ENERGY IN RE-
NEWABLE ENERGY
• TO CONTROL GLOBEL WARMING AND TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT TO
SAVE THE ENVIROMENT, GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE
TAKEN SOME STRONG DECISIONS TO FULL-FILL THE ENERGY NEEDS OF
THE WORLD WITH RE-NEWABLE ENEERGY SOURCES AND SOLAR ENERGY
IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR IN THIS RE-NEWABLE ENERGY FIELD.
• IN INDIA OUR CURRENT SOLAR ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY IS ABOUT
40GW AND IT IS GOING TO BE INCREASE UPTO 300GW BY THE END OF
THIS DECADE.
 A BIG PROBLEM FOR SOLAR MODULES
• AS WE KNOW THAT SOLAR PLATES ARE ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH NATURE
AS ITS INSTALATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE UNDER DIRECT SOLAR LIGHTS.
• BUT DUE TO BEING SURROUNDED BY NATURE A LOT OF DAMAGE CAN
HAPPEN TO THE SOLAR MODULES DUE TO ISSUES LIKE DUST
ACCUMULATION ON THE SOLAR PLATE, BIRD DROPPINGS, MOIST
COLLECTION DURING WINTERS.
• AS PER THE DATA COLLECTED BY STUDIES, EFFICIANCY OF SOLAR PANNEL
CAN DROP UP 30 TO 40 PERSENT IF THIS PLATES ARE NOT BEING CLEANED.
• EVEN THERE COULD BE SOME HOT SPOT GENERATION ON THIS MODULES
WICH CAN FUTHER REDUCE THE PANEL EFFICIANCY AND IN SOME CASES
THE WHOLE PANEL CAN CATCH A SHOT CIRCUIT.
TRADITIONAL WAY TO CLEANE PANNELS AND
ITS DIS-ADVANTAGES
• CURRENTLY AROUN THE WORLD THE MOST COMMAN MATHOD TO
CLEANE THIS SOLAR PANEL IS BY MANUAL CLEANING BY WORK FORCE.
• BUT THIS TECHNIC INVOLVES USAGE OF WATER IN A SIGNIFICANLY HIGH
QUANTITY.
• APPORXIMATLY IT REQUIRES 3500-4000 LITERS OF WATER TO CLEANE
1MW CAPACITY PLANT OF SOLAR PANEL IN A SINGLE CYCLE.
• APRROX COST OF THIS WATER THOUGH OUT A YEAR IS AS MUCH AS
1LACKS/MW CAPASITY.
• ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR PLANTS ARE LOCATED IN AREAS WHERE THERE
ARE DESERTS OR VERY HOT STATES SUCH AS GUJARAT, RAJASTHAN, MP.,
MAHARASTRA
• THIS STATES ARE ALREADY GOING THROUGH WATER SCARCITY.
• IN RECENT TIMES GOVERNMENT HAS PASSED A NOTICE REGARDING
USAGE OF NON- WATERBASE OR ROBOTIC CLEANING SYSTEM IN SOLAR
PLANTS TO REDUCE WATER WASTAGE IN THE AREAS SUFFERING FROM
WATER SCARCITY.
• ALSO IN TRADITIONAL METHOD THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF MODULE
DAMAGE DUE TO HUMAN TECHNICS BECAUSE WHEN THIS MODULES ARE
NOT CLEANED PROPERLY THERE ARE CHANCES OF GENERATION OF MICRO
CRACKS IN THEM WHICH AGAIN LEADS TO MODULE FAILIOUR.
• IT IS ALSO AN EDITINAL WORK TO HANDLE AND MAINTAIN THIS
MANPOWER.
Manual Cleaning
 OUR SOLUTION
(SOLAR PANEL CLEANING ROBOT)

• TO SOLVE ALL THIS PROBLEM AND TO WE HAVE USED A MORE

ENVIROMENTAL FRIENDLY AND EFFICIANT WAY.
• WE HAVE CREATED A ROBOTIC SOLAR PANEL CLEANING MACHINE WHICH
USES ZERO WATER TO CLEAN THESE PANELS AND IT IS MAKES THE
CLEANING PROCESS EASIER AND MORE EFFICIANT.
• OUR ROBOT IS SEMI-AUTOMATIC DESIGN WITCH IS EASY TO CONTROL BY
ANYONE.
• IT DRASTICALY REDUCES THE LEAD TIME TO CLEAN THE PANES AS IT TAKES
2-3 THREE DAYS IN MANUAL CLEANING PER CYCLE AND BY THIS CLEANER
IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE ROW OF SOLAR PANNEL.
CAD MODEL OF SOLAR CLEANER
 ADVANTAGES
• IT REMOVES THE NEED OF WATER TO CLEAN THE PANELS AND HELPS US
TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
• IT INCREASES THE SOLAR MODULE EFFICIANCY UPTO 95%
• IT INCREASES THE PROFIT OF THE PLANTS BY MORE ENERGY GENERATION.
• IT EXPANDS THE LIFE OF THE SOLAR MODULE BY REDUCING THE DAMAGE
TO IT AND STOPS GENERATION OF HOT-SPOTS.
• WITH THIS MACHINE IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLEAN THE PLANTS DAILY WHICH
WAS BEFORE BEING CLEANED TWICE OR THRICE A MONTH WHICH AGAIN
LEADES TO MORE ENERGY GENERATION.
• IT CUT-DOWNS THE HUMAN RESOUCE DEMAND WHICH IS GOOD FOR
COST SAVINGS.
• IT IS CHEAPER THAN OTHER MACHINES AVAILABLE IN MARKET SO EVEN
THE SMALL PLANTS CAN AFFORD THIS.
• IT REDUCES THE LEAD TIME TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE PLANTS.
COST OF THE PROJECT
 DIS-ADVANTAGES
• IT REDUCES HUMAN EMPLOYMENT.
• IT REQUIRES A LARGE ONE TIME CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
• IT REQUIRES PERIODIC MAINTAINCE AND RE-PLACEMENT OF SOME PARTS
AFTER SOME TIMES.
THANK YOU