An Optimized, Low-Cost Off-grid Solar System: Design and Implementation

Pape Sonko; Diery Ngom; Mouhamed Ouesse; Assane Gueye

Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. Third EAI International Conference, InterSol 2019, Cairo, Egypt, February 14–15, 2019, Proceedings

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An Optimized, Low-Cost Off-grid Solar System: Design and Implementation

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    author={Pape Sonko and Diery Ngom and Mouhamed Ouesse and Assane Gueye},
    title={An Optimized, Low-Cost Off-grid Solar System: Design and Implementation},
    proceedings={Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. Third EAI International Conference, InterSol 2019, Cairo, Egypt, February 14--15, 2019, Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={INTERSOL},
    year={2019},
    month={11},
    keywords={MPPT regulator Solar tracker Connected regulator},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-030-34863-2_4}
}

Pape Sonko
Diery Ngom
Mouhamed Ouesse
Assane Gueye
Year: 2019
An Optimized, Low-Cost Off-grid Solar System: Design and Implementation
INTERSOL
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34863-2_4

Pape Sonko¹, Diery Ngom¹, Mouhamed Ouesse¹, Assane Gueye^,*

1: Universite Alioune Diop de Bambey

*Contact email: assane1.gueye@uadb.edu.sn

Abstract

This paper reports on the design and implementation of a low-cost off-grid solar installation system that maximizes the energy production for any given day. Our proposed solution consists of (1) a double axis solar tracker with electric actuators controlled by an Arduino board, (2) an MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) power controller, with a capacity of 20 A, remotely accessible from a smartphone with a dedicated Android application that uses a Bluetooth connection and (3) a remote data logging system that periodically stores the installation data to an online database server using a Wifi connection. The overall cost of the system is about $215 ($72 for the regular and $143 for the solar tracker).

Keywords: MPPT regulator Solar tracker Connected regulator

Published: 2019-11-15
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34863-2_4