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Design and implementation of solar street light for campus environment

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria

Res. J. Engineering Sci., Volume 7, Issue (11), Pages 13-19, December,26 (2018)

Abstract

This paper has presented design and implementation of solar street light for campus environment. It is desired to develop a street light system that is powered by solar energy and that should automatically provide light without requiring manual (ON/OFF) operation for campus environment. In order to realize the objective of the paper, design analysis was performed and components purchased. A charge controller was designed using Circuit Wizard. The whole assembly was simulated with a voltage source representing a photovoltaic (PV) cell array, Battery source and a lamp integrated with charge controller circuit. The simulation results showed that the charging voltage, 14.9 V, greater than the battery voltage, 12 V, was obtained meaning that the charge controller regulated the output voltage of the solar panel well enough to charge the battery. It was also observed that the lamp effectively maintained an output voltage of 10 V with direct current of 4.3 A. This paper offer an advantage of an efficient solar street light system that minimize energy consumption and also eliminated the manual switching.

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