International Journal of Photoenergy

Hikmet Esen ¹, Abdullah Kapicioglu ², Onur Ozsolak ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, TR
2 Department of Automotive Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, 58100 Sivas, TR
3 Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, 58100 Sivas, TR

Abstract

The biggest problems of our time are environmental pollution and the reduction of fossil fuel resources. In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) has started to be used efficiently in order to produce electrical energy from solar energy throughout the world. In this study, a wheatmover machine taking its energy with PV technology transformation from the sun was designed supported by smart sensors. The designed vehicle was tested in two wheat fields in Sivas in Turkey. It was seen that daily average sunshine rates were not lower than 700Watt/m² during the testing dates and time. The amounts of electrical charge used to mow 5m² and 50m² areas are obtained as 500mAh and 3395mAh, respectively. Also maximum power is calculated from used PV panel as 26.15 Watt during the day of the experiments. The range of solar radiation intensity is found 4.5kWh/m²/day at the studied kWh which was $0.140 USD on the date of November 2015.This system is 94.5% more economic than conventional mowers over an area of 1000m².

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