DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME, EMBEDDED DATA MONITORING WIRELESS NETWORKING SYSTEM TO CHARACTERIZED SOLAR PANEL

Abstract

To develop a scalable Measuring and monitoring infrastructure for condition based maintenance of photovoltaic generation
system based on wireless sensor networking. An experimental setup for performance investigation under tropical weather
conditions of the solar panel are created and a dedicated wireless sensor network is considered and implemented using
LabVIEW2014 virtual instrumentation software. Apart from real-time data monitoring and displaying features, it also has the GUI
system and diagnostic capabilities that are helpful in acquiring the solar panel performance under test. The environmental
parameters such as current, voltage, temperature, and relative humidity of a solar panel is also incorporated. The typical 21W solar
panel is used for evaluating data from different sensors connected to it. This experimental setup is mainly aimed to access the
performance of the solar panel which is helpful for the homeowners to know the quality of their solar panels from the place where
they are.