Hello Everyone

“I looked at my hands to see if I was the same

person. There was such a glory over everything.
The Sun came up like gold through the trees
and I felt I was like Heaven.”
Such is the magnificence of the Sun. We’ll be
discussing the magic and power of these rays in
upcoming minutes.
The idea of this project is to utilize energy from
a PV panel to power the home while not
completely cutting off supply from the grid. So,
when the energy requirement is not met by the
panel alone, the system takes power from the
grid. The highlight of this system is that when
the panel is active and sufficient, the surplus
energy is transferred to the grid.
This is the system as on 11th Feb 2017. This is a
PV panel of 60W which will be connected to an
MPPT charge controller which extracts
maximum power from the panel. The current
from the MPPT will be fed to this inverter
circuit. This is a normal DC to AC converter
made using 555 timer which is connected to a
transformer and a battery which powers the
home. For demonstration purposes, here we
have used a battery of 12 volt, 4.5 ampere, 20
hours. The percentage of the battery is checked
using a microcontroller, ie. Msp430 in this case.
It also controls the relays which decide the flow
of current, whether it is from panel to battery,
grid to battery or battery to grid. The battery
percentage is displayed on LCD. When the flow
of current is from battery to grid, it has to be
synchronise with the current from the grid. For
that, here we use a Zero Crossing Detector to
provide a reference voltage. The ZCD is made
using Op-Amp 741 and voltages are given from
power supplies made using voltage regulators
7805 and 78M33 by Texas Instruments. The
synchronised output is then sent to the grid.
This will also be a metered connection, thereby
reducing electricity bills.
In response to IIM-B’s suggestions, our team
spoke to some of the prominent players in the
inverter and batteries manufacturing. And yes,
this technology can be integrated in the
existing modules and that too, with minimal
modifications. The size of the installation
mainly depends upon the energy requirement
as that is the factor determining the size of the
panel. Other than that, the MPPT, inverter,
battery, controller, etc. can be integrated in
one unit with size varying as per battery and
inverter rating. For a 1 kVA system, this size is
about 0.8 by 0.7 by 0.5 meters.

The customers enquired about the durability

and backup. The backup depends upon the
battery rating and the load supported by solar
energy is determined by the panel and also size
of location where panel is to be installed. As for
100% solar dependence, the panel requirement
would be high. A possible solution could be
that for a group, the panels could be installed
at a common place. But this initial investment
could go miles in saving bucks with regular use.
The system would last 3 years with little or no
further maintenance under favourable
conditions. And even after 3 years, only battery
replacement is required. We have also ensured
safety for the customers by providing suitable
measures.

This integrated system is priced at around

65000 rupees and its advantage over other
products in the similar domain is that it is not
fully dependent on one source of energy. So,
even if one fails, the other will be working and
it also supplies excess energy back to the grid
which can be utilised in other areas.

We plan to market the product through radio

and newspaper advertisements.
For distribution, we prefer the existing retailer
network with installation managed by us until a
dedicated team can be recruited.
So, this was a brief product idea of our team,
SOLIS INNOVATIO.

THANK YOU.