SOLAR POWERED GRASS CUTTER
S.H.Gidde1, V.R Kale2, P.D Kshirsagar3, S.S Zambare4, R.A Soudagar5
Electrical Department, Solapur University
SKN Sinhgad College of Engineering, Korti, Pandharpur
1
[Link]@[Link]
2
kalevaibhav230@[Link]
3
pravinkshirsagar96@[Link]
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soudagarrehan3@[Link]
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samadhanzambare15@[Link]
Abstract: Now a days grass cutter is operated B. Sensor Based panel, 12 Volt Battery,
grass cutter machines are on the solar energy Multipurpose DC Motor, cutting blade
becoming very popular. which is available in Agricultural Cutter: for the cutting the grass.
IC engine driven cutter is nature at free of cost. "[Link],
more costly and produce
pollution also has high
This solar operated Aishwarya Chaudhari",
initial and maintenance grass cutter is eco- in the paper titled
cost. To avoid these friendly. "Sensor Based
drawbacks we plan to The Proposed Multipurpose
make new type of grass model consist of Solar Agricultural Cutter
cutter which runs on solar panel, Battery, DC "states that, the rotary
energy and this model is motor, Cutter Blades, mower can rotate about
also economical. A Solar Nylon wires, Switch, a vertical axis with the
grass cutter is a machine
Speed regulator, Voltage blade spinning at high
that has blades to cut a
lawn at an even length level Indicator and speed and this tends to
which is simple in Wheels. The light result in a rougher cut
construction, easy to energy from the sun is and shreds the grass leaf
handle and portable. converted into electrical easily. [2]
Instead of blades we can energy by solar panel
use nylon wires to cut the which is placed on top C. Solar based Grass
overgrown grass. It is of the model for Cutter with MPPT
used to maintain the achieving maximum Tracking Panel:
lawns in gardens, schools Fig.1. Block diagram of
and college’s etc. A solar
solar radiation. The " Ms. Gurav
energy from the solar Sayali, Ms. Desai solar powered grass
panel is placed on the top cutter
of model which is used to radiation is converted Pritam ", in the paper
charge the battery. The into the form of titled "Smart Solar
aim of our project is to electrical energy based Grass Cutter with Solar panel is
make the grass cutter through solar panel and MPPT Tracking Panel " placed on the upper part
which operates on solar stored in battery. Nylon states that, adding an of the model so to
energy hence save the wires are used for the interfacing of automatic achieve maximum sun
electricity and reduces
cutting of overgrown power bank to charge radiation and solar panel
maintenance cost and is directly connected to
human efforts. grass. There is no the battery instantly can
problem of moving and help the grass cutter run the battery for charging
lifting the device since for long time.[3] the battery. Then we are
Keywords - Solar panel, connecting round shaft
DC motor, cutter blades, wheels are attached for
smooth movement of D. Modification of Solar to the motor and round
Nylon wire, battery. shaft is connected to
device. Grass Cutting Machine:
"Prof. Praful P. cutting blade. The round
I. INTRODUCTION shaft is transfer the
Labors are II. LITERATURE Ulhe", in the paper titled
SURVEY ," Modification of Solar motion from motor to
required to cut the grass cutting blade. The grass
in lawns, college and Grass Cutting Machine"
A. Solar Based Grass states that, the self- cuter works on the
farms etc. To reduce principle of providing a
human efforts the IC Cutter: A Review powered design
"Ms. Bhagyashri R. objective helped to high speed rotation to
engine grass cutter was the blade, which helps
developed. The IC Patil, Mr. Sagar S. make the grass cutter
Patil", in the paper titled portable, durable, easy to cut the grass. By the
engine grass cutter has speed control knob we
certain disadvantages "Solar Based Grass to operate and maintain.
Cutter: A Review " [4] can vary the speed of
like high initial and motor and hence
maintenance cost and states that, conventional
grass cutter consumes rotation of blades.
problem like pollution. III. CONSTRUCTION
non-renewable sources Voltage level indicator
To overcome the and WORKING
of energy. So in order to is used for the purpose
disadvantages of old IC of displaying the battery
engine grass cutter we be an alternate green The new
grass cutter can be status in terms of
are trying to make a developed solar grass
powered by using solar voltage.
daily purpose solar cutter is operated on the
operated device which energy. [1] solar energy and it
is capable to cut the consist of different A. COMPONENTS
grass in lawn. The new components likes Solar USED
energy which can be IV. ADVANTAGES 1) Performance
1) Solar panel: further converted into
Solar panel electrical energy. 1. Compact size i) Load conditions:
works on the principle and portable.
of photovoltaic effect. 2. Easy to move conditions Duration of working
The photovoltaic solar from one place to
No load 5hour 30 minutes
panel absorb sunlight as Another place.
source of energy to 3. Operating Load 3hour 10 minutes
generate electricity. principle is simple.
Solar panel converts 4. Non-skilled
sunlight into direct person also operate this
current electricity. Machine. ii) Charging period:
Solar panel 5. Zero emissions
Fig.3 and zero waste of
Specification: [Link] Battery Ac supply
Battery (12v, 7Ah) Conventional
Maximum Power: 10W
3) Cutter blades: sources. 1 Charging 8.43 hour
Maximum Voltage:
period
17.3V Cutter blades
Maximum Current: are used for the purpose
1.3A V. RESULTS
of grass cutting. They
are made up from steel It will be
and alloy of aluminum easier for the people
steel. who are going to take
the project for the
further modifications.
This project is more
suitable for a common
man as it is having
much more advantages
i.e. no fuel cost, no
pollution and this can
Fig.4 Blades be operated by using
Fig.2 Solar panel
solar energy. This will
4) Nylon wires: give much less physical
2) Battery: Nylon wires efforts to the people
are used for the and can be easily
Photograph.1 Model of the
The main purpose of cutting handled. This system
solar powered grass cutter
purpose of using battery overgrown grass. High has the facility of
is to store the energy speed of motor gives charging the batteries VI. CONCLUSION
generated by solar the high speed rotation while so it is much
panel. The battery used to the nylon wire which more suitable for grass This solar
is rechargeable which is able to cut the grass cutting also. The same powered grass cutter
can be charged either by due to high speed. thing can be operated in will meet the challenge
solar panel or by night time also, as there of
available source of is a pollution
supply. Several different facility and low
combinations of to cost of
chemicals are charge operation
commonly used, these since
including: lead–acid, there is
nickel cadmium (NiCd), no cost
nickel metal hydride for fuel.
(NiMH), lithium ion Solar
(Li-ion), and lithium ion powered
polymer (Li-ion grass
polymer). Battery is batteries in day light. cutter has been
used for store the solar Fig.5 Nylon wires developed for the use of
residences, lawns,
playgrounds.
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