A Smart Solar PV Monitoring System Using IoT

摘要

Renewable energy sources are proven to be reliable and accepted as the best alternative forfulfilling our increasing energy needs. Solar photovoltaic energy is the emerging and enticingclean technologies with zero carbon emission in today's world. To harness the solar powergeneration, it is indeed necessary to pay serious attention to its maintenance as well asapplication. The IoT based solar energy monitoring system is proposed to collect and analyzesthe solar energy parameters to predict the performance for ensuring stable power generation.The main advantage of the system is to determine optimal performance for better maintenanceof solar PV (photovoltaic). The prime target of PV monitoring system is to offer a cost-effectivesolution, which incessantly displays remote energy yields and its performance either on thecomputer or through smart phones. The proposed system is tested with a solar module of 125-watts to monitor string voltage, string current, temperature, and irradiance. This PVmonitoring system is developed by a smart Wi-Fi enabled CC3200 microcontroller with latestembedded ARM processor that communicates and uploads the data in cloud platform with theBlynk application. Also the Wireless monitoring system maximizes the operational reliability ofa PV system with minimum system cost.