Solar Panel Based Lead Acid Battery Charging using Labview

Author(s):

Sindhu T N , Saranathan college of engineering; S. V. Padma, Saranathan college of engineering; A. Krithiga, Saranathan college of engineering; R. Sathya, Saranathan college of engineering

Keywords:

Arduino, LabVIEW, LDR, DC motor, Relay Driver circuit, Lead acid battery, Solar panel

Abstract:

In order to meet the power demands, an alternative source of energy is essential to produce power. Sun being renewable energy, it is used. Photons from the sun light are incident on the solar panel and LDRs which are fixed near the panel. The solar tracking is done using arduino which is interfaced with LDRs. When the light falls on LDRs the intensity changes, based on the higher intensity side the solar panel is titled with the help of DC motor using relay circuits to move in forward and backward directions. Thus the lead acid battery is charged by the energy from the panel.in addition to that, different loads are connected to the battery and they were operated at their operating voltage. if voltage in the battery goes beyond operating voltage, it will be charged and when the battery is overcharged, the load is disconnected from the battery. thus, the battery was charged for various voltages so that it can be used for For monitoring the panel and controlling the batteries the real values from the panel and the batteries are given to arduino and it is interfaced with LabVIEW.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV3I9067
Published in	:	Volume : 3, Issue : 9
Publication Date	:	01/04/2017
Page(s)	:	150-154

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