BY

V.LALITHA DIVYA
K.PRATHYUSHA
S.H.RESHMA
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

GOKARAJU RANGARAJU INSTITUTE OF

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Certain modules are selected and worked out to suitable

specifications.
The development of solar charger goes from the
fundamental level like soldering lamination and making
the panel etc.
The developed charger is planned for 6 Volts with ma
capacity at bright sunlight and step down to 5Volts
using regulator.
In the report, the detailed experimental characteristics
of mobile charger are noted.

The term "photovoltaic" comes from the Greek (photo)

meaning "light", and "voltaic", meaning electric, from
the name of the Italian physicist VOLTA after whom
a unit of electro-motive force, the volt is named. The
term "photo-voltaic" has been in use in English since
1849.
The sun is a star made up of hydrogen and helium gas
and it radiates an enormous amount of energy every
second and it is clean.

Solar cell works on the principle of photovoltaic effect.

Sunlight is composed of photons, or "packets" of energy.
These photons contain various amounts of energy
corresponding to the different wavelengths of light. When
photons strike a solar cell, they may be reflected or
absorbed, or they may pass right through. When a photon is
absorbed, the energy of the photon is transferred to an
electron in an atom of the cell (which is actually a
semiconductor). With its new found energy, the electron is
able to escape from its normal position associated with that
atom to become part of the current in an electrical circuit.

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Raw Materials: The basic component of a solar cell is

pure silicon, which is not pure in its natural state
Purifying the silicon
Making single crystal silicon
Making silicon wafers
Doping
The anti-reflective coating
Encapsulating the cell

MULTICRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELL

NEGATIVE

POSITIVE

MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION

Product

Multicrystalline cell

Format

156 mm 156 mm 0.5

mmDiameter: 220 0.5 mm

Average thickness (Si)

160 m 30 m / 180 m 30 m
/ 200 m 30 m

Front contacts ()

Three 1.5 mm wide bus bars

(silver)Alkaline texturized
surfaceDark blue anti-reflecting
coating (silicon nitride)

Back contacts (+)

Three 3 mm wide bus bars (silver /

aluminum)Aluminum backside
metallization

For low-power portable electronics, like calculators or

small fans, a photovoltaic array may be a reasonable
energy source rather than a battery.
In other situations, such as solar battery chargers,
watches, and flashlights, the photovoltaic array is used
to generate electricity that is then stored in batteries for
use later.

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Solar Cell
Manufacturing

Solar cell
Soldering
machine.
Komex 1

Pick &Place
Robot 1

Panel layout
EVA &Glass

PANEL
ASSEMBLY

Solar cell
Soldering
machine.
Komex 2
Semi
Automatic

Bus Bay
soldering

Lamination
thermal &
vacuum

Bus Bay
soldering

Lamination
thermal &
vacuum

Bus Bay
soldering

Lamination
thermal &
vacuum

Pick &Place
Robot 2

Manual

Pick & Place

Robo

Panel layout
EVA &Glass

Manual
layout

Panel
Testing

PANEL
ASSEMBLY

Panel cell
side
frame fix

Packing

Pressing
machine

Loading
in trucks

Manual
Distributi
on box
fixing
Soldering

Gate out

Fork lift

Portable Solar Mobile Charger for mobile phone

can be charged with Sun light, and electrical power. It
stores power from the sun and lets you charge mobile
phone, iPod, etc at your convenience.

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Uses high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon

Solar panel: 5.5V/1000mA
Output voltage: 5.5V
Output current: 300-550 mA
Time taken to charge mobile phone using the charger:
about 60 for typical mobile

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A multicrystalline solar cell is taken and its cut into 12

parts.
By taking tabbing wire and applying flux, paste soldering is
done on the bus bars.
This is done from top of one cell to bottom of the other cell.
They are connected in series. The above process is
continued for remaining cells.
A wire comes from positive side of cell and another wire
comes from the negative side.
The whole arrangement is then placed on top of an acrylic
sheet, Teflon, EVA.
On top these panels EVA is again placed and are attached
with a feviquick.

Thee wires are connected to the terminals of a

regulator.
Using multimeter we verify the voltage is brought
down to 5 V.
Regular terminals are further connected to multipin
cable.
The pin is then connected to mobile to charge it.

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LIGHT
AND
HEAT
SOURCE

LIGHT
INTENSITY

HEAT/
TEMP

SUN
LIGHT

NOON

OPEN
SPACE

NUMBE
R
OF
CELLS

AREA
OF
CELL

SERIES/
PARELLEL
CONNECTIO
N

1
1

VOLTAGE

CURRENT

POWER

0.55

0.55

SERIES
2

1.10

1.10

1.65

1.65

2.20

2.20

2.78

2.78

3.34

3.34

3.87

3.87

4.42

4.42

4.94

4.94

10

5.14

5.14

11

6.06

6.06

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:
Make :
Model :
Voltage :

RH-105
Nokia
1208
Max-5V
Min-3.7V
Capacity:
1020ma/hr

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Make:
Model:
Voltage :

Samsung
GT-B5310
Max-5V
Min-3.7V
Capacity:
930ma/hr

In solar mobile charger ripples will not be there as we use

DC power directly to charge the mobile.

Battery life is more as high voltages are not developed.

Versatility of Solar mobile charger is high.

Life of the battery will be high as we use solar mobile

charger.

Adaptability is high.

Solar semiconductor Industry visit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell

encyclobeamia.solarbotics.net/article...

www.solarbuzz.com/going-solar

www.solarserver.com/knowledge