How the Solar Track is useful in the module maintenance and improves the productivity?

Once the solar plant is ready, the next step is to maintain the production at its maximum. To obtain the production the maintenance of the modules is necessary.

For that, who will take care of the solar power plant maintenance? How will it be done? How will the maximum output be ensured? These are some of the questions that come up.

Modules need the maximum amount of preventive maintenance, and cleaning activities are majorly concentrated around them.

In normal conditions, where there isn’t too much dust or dirt, cleaning is carried out on a weekly basis. However, in dusty areas such as Rajasthan, the cleaning frequency is need to be increased.

Brushes without hard bristles should be used for cleaning. A low-quality brush, like one with metal bristles, could negatively impact the glass surface of the modules. In some cases where hard substances like bird droppings have gotten stuck on the module, in manual cleaning they will use detergent to clean the surface. However, the detergent is not highly concentrated and has very high water content.

This ensures equipment life is maximized, and production at its maximum. Solar power plants require very little maintenance as there are no moving parts.

The preventative maintenance is performed on major components of a solar PV system: The regular maintenance activity for a solar array in India especially is to keep the module surface dust-free. Occasional inspection and checks of the solar module ensure the performance efficiency at optimal levels.

The following maintenance in the modules will improve the production efficiency.

  • Cleaning
  • Defect Checking
  • Structure stability

We will see how the solar track is helpful for the module maintenance

The Solar Track is a tractor-mounted solar module cleaning system. The solar track contains a soft brush unit for removing the dirt, dust, and bird droppings from the module. The solar track works on hydraulic energy and has a water tank for carrying the water.

The solar track is using a brush hanging in the boom so the load of the brush won’t directly apply to the solar table. Also, the solar track uses soft bristles for cleaning purposes. The brush will rotate during the cleaning process.

With the rotating brush, the solar track can remove all types of dirt and bird droppings from the module surface effectively. Also, the solar track is not required detergent to clean the sticky bird drops like the manual cleaning. It will improve the module life span.

The solar track is mounted on a tractor so the operator can see the modules from a particular height from the ground. Due to the height, it can be more visible for the operator to identify the dirt, dust, bird droppings, module condition (like damage, crack) easily while cleaning the module

The solar track brush is a pivoting one, so due to the uneven terrain, it will adjust automatically for the module’s angle. Due to the hydraulic control, it is easy to adjust the height of the center point of the brush. By adjusting the brush height in the center it will automatically adjust its movement on the entire brush based on the module’s angle or taper.

On the water consumption also the solar track is using 1/3 water used in the manual cleaning. The solar track applies the water to the modules in a pressurized manner. So we can achieve effective cleaning in less quantity of water.

On Manual cleaning people cannot clean the entire module with the same effort and efficiency. But with the solar track, we can clean the entire module with the same efficiency.

With the solar track, we can clean more modules in a short time compared to the manual and other robot-type cleanings. Possibly we can clean 15000 to 25000 modules for 8 hours with a solar track based on the module’s arrangement and terrain condition. For 8 hours, we can achieve a maximum of 3000 modules in manual cleaning with 6 persons and 8000 to 10000 modules in robot cleaning.

The solar track is operated from the tractor so we can ensure the operator’s safety too from the insects, and snakes on the ground.

The solar track is the best solution for solar plant maintenance available in the market.

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