Title :
Constantly functioning adruino based solar tracker enabled solar panels coupled with hydrogen fuel cell
Author :
Kumar, K. S. Shri Vijay ; Harsha, Y. S. Sri ; Prasath, R. Eshwara
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., RMD Eng. Coll., Chennai, India
Abstract :
Our world now is largely depending on fossil fuels which are depleting quickly and there is an impending need to use alternative mechanisms to power our automobiles to ensure both locomotion of mankind and sustenance of earth are achieved. Though extensive research has been carried out in the area of Green Energy, a satisfying method to fetch the ever-increasing needs of mankind has not been achieved. In our proposed paper, we´ve intended to use solar tracker combined with hydrogen fuel cell for satisfying the necessary energy requirements. Though, the solar tracker is already available now, its ability to produce the required power under all conditions has always been a question. In our method, we´re utilizing two solar panels to optimize the amount of energy that is incident thereby supplying a number of devices. This power that is obtained is then further split and given to an hydrogen fuel cell which can supply cars. Experts might worry about the hazardous nature of the hydrogen fuel cell, but since we are using this in an enclosed atmosphere within a car, this method is absolutely safe for humans. An energy production is said to be efficient when the following conditions are satisfied. First, the input fuel should be abundant and easily available. The second is that the output or exhaust should be less harmful to the environment. Both the solar tracker as well as the hydrogen fuel cell causes no harm whatsoever to the environment and further the exhaust of the cell is oxygen which is not harmful when released and it can be combined with hydrogen to produce water. This water can again be used as the input fuel. So the whole process becomes recyclable and highly efficient.
Keywords :
fuel cells; solar cells; automobiles; energy production; fossil fuels; functioning adruino based solar tracker; green energy; hydrogen fuel cell; solar panels; Batteries; Electricity; Fuel cells; Fuels; Hydrogen; Protons; Sun; Effective energy production; Solar tracker; abundant input source; non polluting exhaust; recyclable process;
Conference_Titel :
Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy (ICGCE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
DOI :
10.1109/ICGCE.2013.6823475