Design of floating photovoltaic system for fish pond lighting

Abstract

Abstract The floating photovoltaic panel is increasingly being used. This is one of the ways to reduce temperature rise in photovoltaic panel. The floating photovoltaic panel is used for lighting at the fish pond. A unit of 8-watt lamp for lighting supplied by 1 unit of 50 Wp photovoltaic panel and 1 unit of 12 V/3.5 Ah battery. The heatsink attached to the bottom of the floating photovoltaic panel transfers heat from the panel to the fish pond water. Sensors are connected to Arduino to measure photovoltaic panel output voltage and current, solar irradiance, photovoltaic panel temperature and fish pond water temperature. From the measurement, the voltage generated from the floating photovoltaic panel is 12.71 – 14.71 V and the current is 0.15 - 1.17 A. While the solar irradiance value is 71 W/m2 to 396 W/m2, the surface temperature of photovoltaic panel is 26.9°C - 32.4°C and fish pond water temperature is 27.1°C - 30.2°C.