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Design And Construction Of A Solar Operated Automatic Street Light Control System
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The importance of light to
every mankind cannot be over emphasized, even when the earth was
created; the earth was illuminated with light which makes it a place of
living. This means, without light, the whole world is in darkness and as
a result of this, living things be it plants, animals or human beings
cannot exist.
When talking about lighting, it comes from
two different sources, which could be natural or electrical. The former
comes from the Creator (God) while the latter is a result of our natural
resources being utilized effectively by human beings. Since there is
need for lighting, electric energy generation is employed to solve the
problems people are facing during the day, especially at night when
there is total darkness everywhere.
Since the invention
of electrical energy for lighting, it is quite obvious that it requires
human intervention to control the switch either off when not in use or
ONM when the need arises. Due to this factor and poor supply of
electricity, we have been able to find and alternative way of generating
electricity for the purpose of illumination which is highly efficient
and effective through the energy from the sun known as solar energy.
This involves the use of a module called solar panel, which receive the
energy from the sun and convert it to electricity.
Basically, this
project focused on the design and construction of a solar operated
automatic streetlight. This is a commercial quality light that can
easily illuminate the streets and other areas of choice giving the
potential of many years of trustworthy use with a minimum of maintenance
required.
The four major components needed to build
construct a solar powered streetlight are: The solar panel, high
efficiency d.c. Temperature, charge controller and a battery.
The solar panel has its major task to convert the sun’s energy into
electricity, precisely D.C voltage. The basic circuitry on solar powered
streetlights consists essentially of a automatic battery charger, fed
by the solar panel and a lighting controller automated for dusk to down
operation.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]In this project work, we are mostly concern about building a simple power streetlight which is automatically operated. There are four main components required to build a solar operated streetlight. The solar array, High efficiency D.C lamp, changes controller and battery of which the solar array is the most expensive. It is the solar array that produced a D.C voltage due to the energy received from the sun during the day , thereby making the battery to charge, as a result, keeping the streetligh ... Continue reading---
