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Autonomous and smart cleaning mobile robot system to improve the maintenance efficiency of solar photovoltaic array Prisma Megantoro; Abdul Abror; Muhammad Akbar Syahbani; Antik Widi Anugrah; Sigit Dani Perkasa; Herlambang Setiadi; Lilik Jamilatul Awalin; Pandi Vigneshwaran
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 12, No 6: December 2023
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v12i6.5950

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A solar photovoltaic (PV) array is part of a PV power plant as a generation unit. PV array that are usually placed on top of buildings or the ground will be very susceptible to dirt and dust. Thus, this dirt and dust will be able to reduce the performance and work efficiency of the generation unit. Cleaning PV arrays by manpower requires high effort, cost, and risk, especially in higher location. This study presents the design of a mobile robot that is used to replace human labor to clean PV arrays. That way, the PV array maintenance steps can reduce operational costs and risks. This intelligent controlled mobile robot can maneuver safely and efficiently over PV arrays. gyroscope and proximity sensors are used to detect and follow the sweep path over the entire PV array area. Proportional integral derivative (PID) control test makes the robot can stabilize in about 5.72 seconds to keep on the track. The smart PV cleaning robot has average operation time about 13 minutes in autonomous mode and 20-24 minutes in manual mode. The operation of the robot is effective to give more efficiency on the use of energy, time, and maintenance costs of PV array system.
Co-Authors Abdul Abror Afif, Yusrizal Antik Widi Anugrah Awalin, Lilik Jamilatul Dimas Febriyan Priambodo Hafidz Faqih Aldi Kusuma Herlambang Setiadi Muhammad Akbar Syahbani Prisma Megantoro Sigit Dani Perkasa