Energy saving system
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Date
2011-08-12
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
As we all know, our homeland Pakistan is suffering from the worst energy crisis in history. Every day, we are running out of fuels like petrol, diesel, gasoline, and natural gas. So, electricity produced by these sources is also very expensive. The ideal source for Pakistan is solar energy. Due to this reason, we chose to work on this project, which can help solve these problems. To make this a little better, our project implements a smart algorithm to power a load using solar energy, batteries, or WAPDA.
The goal of this project is to power a load with minimum power drawn from WAPDA. To develop this project, we needed to monitor the voltage and current flow from each of the sources (solar, batteries, and WAPDA) as well as the load. We implemented these current and voltage monitors. The next step was to design an algorithm that determines which source should power the load and when the battery should be charged. The final step was to send the data to the PIC so that it could be analyzed.