• Hrishikesh R. Paradkar
• Mahavir R. Katariya
• Dipesh D. Narayankar
• Atharva H. Shastri
• Prof. Sandip Shirsath

The increasing awareness about the utilization renewable sources has helped solar energy to reach its pinnacle. The solar energy has grabbed the eyeball attention of much research organization to improve its efficiency. However the maintenance issue still remains ignored. This causes significant decrease in solar PV panels efficiency .The accumulated dust on solar panel block the cell from the sun’s radiation and act as a adverse screening effect, it is necessary to keep the solar cells in pristine condition. The current solar panel cleaning methods like manual cleaning, water jet cleaning and robots used in large scale industries. But every cleaning method mentioned above have their own set of limitations to find its application in domestic sector. In this research the automated cleaning device is developed to fulfill the requirements of domestic sector. The main feature of this device is that it ensures three times cleaning of PV panels in its every pass. The device operates on electricity generated by the solar PV panels. The regular cleaning of PV panels using this device will increase the efficiency by 24 – 29 %. Thus the device positions itself as an economical alternative for domestic sector.

" Design and Development of Automated Solar Panel Cleaning Device", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.499-505, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L77.pdf

" Design and Development of Automated Solar Panel Cleaning Device", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp499-505, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L77.pdf