SUNWAVE: An Internet of Things-Based Solar Panel with Cooling, Tilting Thru Mobile Application User Interface Monitoring and Controlling System
- Leomar W. Aquino
- John Reck P. Ecunar
- Erwin John V. Sicat
- Noimee S. Bognot
- Morena T. Eugenio
- Robhert M. Bamba
Abstract
The researchers developed a prototype of a solar panel system named “SunWave” with an automatic water spraying sub module to clean and cool down the solar panels when it reached the temperature of 65 degrees Celsius and above. Note that the water pump can also be activated manually to give the user a choice of manually spraying the solar panel module. Additionally, a linear motor mechanism was added to automatically set the solar panel to eleven tilting positions with corresponding time intervals respectively. A mobile user application was also developed with the following remote controlling capabilities; to monitor the temperature of the solar panel module, to manually activate the water spray pump. Both the mobile application and the prototype have separate tables of test cases. Each test case was repeatedly performed up to ten trials to assure that the functionalities were achieved according to the design requirements. The developers used the prototyping model as a guide on how to complete the SunWave prototype and its mobile user interface. The panelists suggested that the developers can remove the manual settings of tilting positions of the solar panel modules and that is because the time intervals of tilt positions are fixed throughout the day.
