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Design and Implementation of Efficient Solar

Power System for Multi Mobile Charger
D. Asha Devi1 , M. Suresh Babu2
1

Professor, Department of ECE, Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology,

Hyderabad, India
2

Professor and Head of the Department MCA, MITS, Madanapalle,

Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract
The major issue at present is the scarcity of energy
because, the energy resources are very less and the
corresponding energy production is not appropriate to
the consumption requirement. Hence, there is a lot of
demand in the production of energy due to natural
resources. To reduce the dependency on conventional
resources, natural resource like solar energy is preferred.
The aim of this project is to utilize the maximum solar
energy through solar tracking panel and thereby
increasing the efficiency of the system. The system
consists of light sensing, tracking, charging, processing,
controlling and display units. It consists of solar tracking
mechanism which allows more energy capturing and the
corresponding energy production is more because the
solar panel movement is almost normal to the sun light.
This rotation of the solar panel is done by DC motor and
its rotation is controlled by using processing and control
units based on the light sensing unit. The captured solar
power is stored in a battery. In the proposed system, a
display unit is used to display the available power in the
battery. The stored power is utilized in various
applications such as home appliances and industry
appliances. In the proposed system, an application- multi
mobile charging system was included. The multi mobile
charger is used in railway stations, bus stands and all
public places like hospitals and parks etc.
Keywords: 1.Renewable Energy, 2. Multi Mobile
Charging System, 3. Single Tracking,
4. Multi Mobile
Charger (MMC).

1.Introduction
Energy exists freely in nature. The measure of
improvement of any Nation is its production and usage of
Energy. Every day, amount of energy is produced, supplied
and utilized in the World. The electrical energy production
is done by two sources: Renewable Energy and NonRenewable Energy sources. Major percent of total energy
production is by using Non- Renewable Energy sources.
Non renewable energy production is from fossil fuels like
coal, crude oil, natural gas and uranium. But, the
continuous utilization of these resources becomes difficulty
as they get reduced day by day. Hence, there is a necessity
of producing electrical energy due to renewable sources
like solar, wind, thermal and tidal.
Fig.1. shows
percentage of energy production from different energy
sources.

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Figure 1: Percentage of generated power from Different

Sources
The Solar light is most preferred due to the following
reasons: Without impact on the global climate, solar
energy can be used to generate power. The Sun energy is
limitless while other energy sources like crude oil, natural
gas and coal are showing their end. By having a system for
alternate power production, the utility cost can be reduced.
At present scenario, the solar energy production is done
by fixed panel system. To improve the efficiency of the
solar energy system, tracking mechanism can be
implemented. Hence, an idea is made in the proposed
system, single tracking mechanism, which is from East to
West direction, is used. At present, mobile phone is an
essential thing for every person and therefore, there should
be a charging facility of mobiles in public places is
required. As there is no continuous power supply (24
hours) from the electricity board, the continuous charging
facility cannot be provided. Hence, an idea, solar power
based multi mobile charger system is implemented in the
proposed system which can be used in public places like
railway stations, bus stands, hospitals and parks etc.
Types of Tracking Systems:
Solar trackers may be active or passive and may be single
axis or dual axis. Single axis trackers usually use a polar
mount for maximum solar efficiency. Single axis trackers
will usually have a manual elevation (axis tilt) adjustment
on a second axis which is adjusted on regular intervals
throughout the year. Compared to a fixed mount, a single
axis tracker increases annual output by approximately
30%, and a dual axis tracker an additional 6%.There are
two types of dual axis trackers, polar and altitudeazimuth[2].

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2. WORKING PRINCIPLE
In this project various hardware units are used for different
purposes such as sensing of sunlight, data acquisition,
controlling of entire system using DC motor and its
driving circuitry, storage and Multi Mobile Charging unit
(MMC). Kiel and Willpro software are used for compiling
and program loading purposes. The proposed system is a
closed loop system, where the output is fed back based on
the outputs from the three sensors. The diagram showing
different units from sensing unit to application unit MMC
in single axis solar tracking system is as shown in Fig.2.

Figure.4: Flow Chart of Solar Power System for MMC

FIGURE 2 BLOCK DIAGRAM OF SOLAR POWER SYSTEM FOR

MMC

Here we used three sensors to sense the direction of

maximum intensity of light. Each time the outputs from
the three sensors is taken and is given to the three channels
of data acquisition unit to get digitized output to be given
as input to the microcontroller unit which directs the motor
to rotate the solar panel in the direction in which we are
getting maximum intensity of light by selecting the one
sensing unit giving maximum output among three.

3. Multi Mobile Charger

In this project, we include the application is MMC. The
MMC is very useful and portable and it connects the five
mobiles at a time. The MMC is connected to the battery.
This charger is used for Samsung, micro USB, mini USB,
Nokia old and Nokia new mobile phones. The MMC is
shown in Fig.3.

ALGORITHM
1. At first construct the solar system with application
which is nothing but multi mobile charging (MMC)
unit.
2. In second step have to read the status of 3 LDRs to
indicate the light intensities at forenoon, mid noon
and after noon positions. Those are named as 1,2&3.
3. Compare the LDRs from one to other remaining ones.
When the LDR1 is greater than the 2&3 then rotate
the panel and keep at its initial position. i.e; East.
4. Again rotate the panel to keep it in the middle noon
position when the LDR2 is greater than the 1&2LDRs.
5. When the LDR3 is greater than the 1&2 LDRs then
rotate the panel towards the West.
6. By rotating the panel we can grasp the power from the
sun. the grasping power should store in a battery.
7. Then connect the MMC unit to the battery.
8. The stored power in the battery should read. That means
how much of power is available in the battery after
connection of MMC unit.
9. Display the power available in the battery in terms of
percentage.
10. If power is available in the battery is greater than the
12.7V then display in LCD as sufficient power.
11. If power is not available in the battery that means less
than the 12.7V then display available power in the
battery in terms of percentage.
12. Finally displays NILL when battery power is less than
the 10.17V.

Figure.3: Multi Mobile Charger ports

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4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The verification of the solar power based Multi Mobile
Charger System is done for the usefulness of the system.
The voltage, current and power measurements of
developed system, obtained at different time intervals for
both fixed panel and single axis solar tracking system are
shown in Table.3. The plots of obtained power versus time
for both fixed panel and single axis solar tracking system
are as shown in Fig.4.
Table.3: Power Calculations of Fixed Panel versus Single
Tracking System
POWER RATINGS OF FIXED PANEL
SYSTEM
S.
TIME
VOLT CURR
POW
NO Hours
AGE
ENT
ER
(V)
(A)
(W)

SINGLE AXIS
TRACKER
VOLT
CUR
AGE(
REN
V)
T (A)

POW
ER
(W)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

12.56
14.38
18.02
18.5
18.82
18.81
18.76
18.83
18.6
18.72
18.92
18.97
19.12
19.34
19.32
19.30
18.76
18.58
18.36
17.22
16.09
15.47
15.12
14.11
12.89

5.652
6.471
8.109
8.325
8.657
8.652
8.442
8.629
8.370
8.611
8.703
8.726
8.795
8.896
8.887
8.878
8.442
8.361
8.262
7.749
7.240
6.961
6.804
6.349
5.800

Figure 4: Morning position of Solar Panel

6.00
6.30
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
12.30
13.00
13.30
14.00
14.30
15.00
15.30
16.00
16.30
17.00
17.30
18.00

0.36
1.4
3.5
5.7
8.0
10.23
11.46
13.4
14.8
15.46
16.82
17.98
18.3
18.95
19.34
19.28
18.72
16.19
14.4
11.9
8.15
3.56
2.9
1.8
0.36

0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45

0.162
0.63
1.575
2.565
3.6
4.60
5.157
6.03
6.66
6.957
7.569
8.091
8.235
8.717
8.896
8.868
8.611
7.285
6.48
5.355
3.66
1.602
1.305
0.81
0.16

0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.45
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45

Table.5: Typical power ratings of the solar panel in Noon

position
Power
8.442 W
Voltage

18.76V

Current

0.46A

The various advantages of proposed system are: Simple to

construct, low cost, eco-friendly, we can monitor directly
using PC, Tracking accuracy is more and also reduce the
usage of power from power grid.
Table.4: Typical Power Ratings of the Solar Panel in
Morning Position
Figure.5: Mid noon position of the Solar Panel
Table.6. Typical power ratings of the solar panel in
Power

6.471 W

Voltage

14.86V

Current

0.45A
Evening position

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Figure 6: Evening position of the Solar Panel

From the above experimental results, we can say that the
voltage produced in the mid noon position of the solar
panel is more when compared to the morning and evening
positions of the fixed panel system. The changes in voltage
will be frequent but the current variation is very slight
from the table. The results of single axis solar tracking
system are obviously better than that of the fixed alignment
of the solar panel. From the curve drawn for output power
vs. time for both fixed and tracking systems, the fixed
panel system will give maximum output one time instant
which is by default the mid noon position of the panel, and
in the remaining time instants the output power is very
less. Whereas the curve for proposed tracking system is flat
for long duration of time, this means it is giving maximum
output for more amount of time. This is due to sensing the
direction which is giving maximum Sun intensity and
alignment of the solar panel with moving Sun axis by
using moving mechanism. This is not the case when
clouds come across the Sun, which lower the efficiency of
the solar panel. But in most of the cases it is best for
producing power from Sun light.

5. CONCLUSION
The design, implementation and verification of solar
power based multi mobile charging system is successfully
completed. This project gives a means of controlling the
Sun with an Embedded Microcontroller system, a working
software solution for maximizing solar panel output by
positioning a solar panel at the point of maximum light
intensity. A method is defined for searching of maximum
output by tracking the Sun and resetting itself for next day.
A basic Microcontroller 8052 based circuit with a
minimum number of components and the use of DC motor
enables accurate tracking of the Sun. After examining
the information obtained in the data table section and
plotted graph, it has been shown that the sun tracking
systems can collect maximum energy than a fixed panel
system. Here, with reference to the result analysis, 41.8%
of more efficiency is achieved than fixed panel system
through this proposed system. Therefore, the proposed
system is said to be an efficient tracking system.

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AUTHOR
D. Asha Devi received the A.M.I.E.T.E in
2000 and M.Tech. degree in Digital
Systems and Computer Electronics from
JNTU Anantapur in 2005. She did her
Ph.D. work on Embedded system based
Instrumentation from S.K.U. Anantapur
during 2007-2011. She has 12 years of teaching experience
in UG and PG courses in Electronics & Communication
Engineering. Her interested field is VLSI and Embedded
Systems, Wireless Sensors and FPGA based embedded
systems.
Dr.M.Suresh Babu, received MCA from
Osmania
University,
M.Phil
from
Bharathiar University and PhD from Sri
Krishna Devaraya University. He has 18
years of teaching experience. He worked as
Principal at Intel Institute of Science,
Anantapur. He is now working as Professor & Head,
Department of Computer Applications at MITS,
Madanapalle. He has contributed more than 75 papers in
various national and international journals and
conferences. He is actively associated with various Science
forums. He is life member in various professional bodies
like ISTE, SOULS, IAEngg, CSTA, MISCA and ICSIT.
He is State Science & Technology Coordinator, A.P.Jana
Vignana Vedika.

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