Cloud for monitoring and logging solar energy and battery usage

N. E. Mabunda; M. K. Joseph

doi:10.2316/P.2016.839-015

Cloud for monitoring and logging solar energy and battery usage

N. E. Mabunda
, M. K. Joseph

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology

University of Johannesburg

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) can be used to gather changing energy parameters derived from various energy sources. This paper discusses how Arduino based data acquisition systems (DAS) can be used to gather solar energy samples and battery level information for remote monitoring and storage in the cloud. Arduino code was developed on Arduino IDE. An open source third party application was used to capture the Arduino serial transmitted values onto a Dropbox folder where it can be shared via Internet. Arduino hardware is connected to the four small 5 V, 1 W solar panels that are loaded with properly calculated resistors and a designed battery level sensor circuit. Solar energy values and battery usage pattern values were successfully stored into Dropbox for monitoring via cloud.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016
Publisher	ACTA Press
Pages	394-397
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780889869844
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2316/P.2016.839-015
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016 - Gaborone, Botswana Duration: 5 Sept 2016 → 7 Sept 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016

Conference

Conference	5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016
Country/Territory	Botswana
City	Gaborone
Period	5/09/16 → 7/09/16

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

DAS
Data acquisition
Solar energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Mabunda, N. E., & Joseph, M. K. (2016). Cloud for monitoring and logging solar energy and battery usage. In Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016 (pp. 394-397). (Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016). ACTA Press. https://doi.org/10.2316/P.2016.839-015

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Mabunda, NE & Joseph, MK 2016, Cloud for monitoring and logging solar energy and battery usage. in Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016. Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016, ACTA Press, pp. 394-397, 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016, Gaborone, Botswana, 5/09/16. https://doi.org/10.2316/P.2016.839-015

Cloud for monitoring and logging solar energy and battery usage. / Mabunda, N. E.; Joseph, M. K.
Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016. ACTA Press, 2016. p. 394-397 (Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AfricaPES 2016).

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