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Grass cutter machines have become very popular to- So introduce solar energy for the machine process to
day. Most common machines are used for soft grass work. A solar panel is a large flat rectangle, typically
furnishing. In our project Grass cutter machine we are somewhere between the size of a radiator and the
aimed to develop for operation and construction. The size of a door, made up of many individual solar energy
main parts of the Grass cutting machines are DC motor collectors called solar cells covered with a protective
of .75HP capacity, relay switch for controlling motor, sheet of glass. The cells, each of which is about the size
Battery for charging it through solar panel. It is placed of an adults palm, are usually octagonal and colored
in a suitable machine structure. The motor have 18000 bluish black. Just like the cells in a battery, the cells in
rpm and it is connected to the electric supply by the a solar panel are designed to generate electricity; but
use of a roll of wire. The motor rpm increased by the where a batterys cells make electricity from chemicals,
help of gears. Motor controlled by an electric switch a solar panels cells generate power by capturing sun-
for easy operation. The tempered blades are attached light instead.
in this machine. The raw materials mainly used are GI
sheet, motor, switch, wheel, wire, aluminum sheet, They are sometimes called photovoltaic cells because
square pipe, paint, insulating material and other stan- they use sunlight (photo comes from the Greek
dard item like nuts, bolts and reverts. The machines word for light) to make electricity (the word voltaic
required for manufacturing includes welding machine, is a reference to electricity pioneer Alessandro Volta).
grinding machine etc.
As small engines became more powerful, a new type The controlling device of the whole system is provided
of lawn mower that could cut larger and longer swaths using LM358 Comparator which takes the input from
of grass became more popular. Instead of cutting grass the user through switch and switches ON the DC motor
like scissors cut paper as a reel mower does, the rotary interfaced with grass cutting blades. The entire model
mower spins a horizontal blade around fast enough to consists of two sections one controlling section and
cut the grass as it hits it. The blade sits within a casing another designing section of the model. The control-
called a deck, which keeps the grass and other objects ling section consists of Rechargeable battery, LM358
from flying in all directions when struck. Typically, the comparator, Relays switches, temperature sensor, and
deck rides on four wheels, with a motor sitting on top Solar panel. The system depending on the charging
of it and a bag attached to it to collect the cut grass. circuit the motor can be controlled using relay switch.
The basic version of a rotary mower has a handlebar The solar power stores the energy to a battery and
attached to it that the operator stands behind and then runs the motor through the relay switch. The sys-
pushes to make it move forward. Self-propelled ver- tem also includes comparator circuit for checking the
sions have a transmission that turns the wheels using temperature of the motor and when it goes beyond
the power of the motor. the limit the motor gets switched off automatically us-
ing relay switch.
Advantages:
b. Rechargeable Battery :
[4] Ahmed Abed Gatea, Performance evaluation of [13]. DcMotor(20rpm):Adc motoris amechanicallycom-
a mixedmode solar dryer for evaporating moisture in mutated electricmotorpoweredfromdirectcurrent(dc).
beans, Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sus- ItisusedforrotatingtheSolarPanelaccordingtosunlight.
tainable Development, vol. 3(4),pp.65-71, April 2011.
[14]. Relay(6Vdc):Arelayisanelectricallyoperatedswitc
[5] M. Mohanraj P. Chandrasekar (2009), Performance h.Manyrelaysusean Electro-magnettooperateaswitch-
of a forced convection solar drier integrated with grav- ingmechanismmechanically.Relaysareusedwhereitis-
el as heat storage material for chili drying, Journal of necessarytocontrolacircuitbyalow-powersignal(withc
Engineering Science and Technology ,Vol. 4, No. 3. ompleteelectricalisolationbetweencontrolandcontrol
ledcircuits),orwhereseveralcircuitsmustbecontrolled-
[6] Jan Banout, Petr Ehl (2010), Using a Double-pass byonesignal.Hereitisusedforcontrollingwaterpump-
solar drier for drying of bamboo shoots, Journal of and waterairpump.
Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and
Subtropics, Vol. 111 No. 2 (2010) 119-127, ISSN: 1612- [15]Sensors:Temperaturesensorsaredevicesusedtom
9830 easurethetemperatureofamedium.Therearetwokind-
softemperaturesensorscontactsensorsandnon-con-
[7] M. I. Fadhel, Ramez Abdulwasea Abdo, B. F. Yousif, tactsensors.
Azami Zaharim , K. Sopian(2011), Thin-Layer Drying
Characteristics of Banana Slices in a Force Convection [16] The new solar home (by Dave Bonta, Stephen Sny-
Indirect Solar Drying, Recent Researches in Energy & der)
Environment ,ISBN: 978-960-474-274-5.
[17] The solar century (by Jeremy Leggett)
[8] Songchai Wiriyaumpaiwong, Jindaporn Jamrad-
loedluk (2007), Forced Convection Solar Drying: Ex- [18] Power to change world Alternative Energy and the
perimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling Rise of the Solar City (by S.L. Klein)
of Pork Strips, KKU Engineering Journal Vol. 34 No .2
(243 - 250). [19] Solar revolution (by Travis Bradford)