Solar Power Monitoring System Using Iot

Power generated by solar panel is monitored in real time and updated in server.

Solar power monitoring system using iot. This iot based project is designed to supervise solar photovoltaic power generation to enhance the performance monitoring and maintenance of the solar plant. Our system perpetually monitors the solar array and transmits the ability output to the iot system over the web. Our system constantly monitors the solar panel and transmits the power output to iot system over the internet. Atmega 328 bridges the gap between solar panel and iot internet of things.

With advancement of technologies the cost of renewable energy equipments is going down globally encouraging large scale solar photovoltaic installations. Here we have a tendency to use iot lizard to transmit solar energy parameters over the web to the iot lizard server. Figure1 block diagram of solar power monitoring system using iot 3 1 atmega 328 the main purpose of using atmega 328 is its high functionality with simplicity and familiarity. We use arduino based system to monitor a 10watt solar panel parameters.

Here we use iot gecko to transmit solar power parameters over the internet to iot gecko server. A solar power monitoring system using the iot works like this. Solar can make sense for an iot application when the battery life of the system is between 4 and 365 days and there is no grid based power source available. Server updation helps real time tracking and monitoring of solar power generated in solar farms by using advanced processor pic16f1947 which is a 16 bit microcontroller.

If the application lasts less than 4 days on its battery it will likely go down when there are extended periods of rain and heavy clouds. By installing an all in one edge to cloud iot solution to connect your solar assets you can manage the largest solar grids in the world even with thousands of individual devices connected to your network. Using the iot your system will be less susceptible to outages and productivity issues resulting from downtime and potentially costly security breaches. This helps retrieve efficient power output from power plants while monitoring for faulty solar panels connections dust accumulated on panels lowering output and other such issues affecting solar performance.

Controlling the voltage output of solar panel at distant location using internet of things iot. The success of your monitoring system depends in part on the reliability of your communication network how well and dependably the gateway can transmit information to the cloud. Home automation system using iot raspberry pi. This makes remotely monitoring of solar plants very easy and ensure best power output.

It now displays these parameters to the user using an effective gui and also alerts user when the output falls below specific limits.