Development and Efficiency of Portable Wind Speed and Solar Radiation

Abstract

This research presents the development of portable wind speed and solar radiation instruments. The objective is to design and develop a portable wind speed and solar radiation meter that can be used in the absence of sunlight for 3 days. The main research drive is to collect the wind speed and the solar radiation data then find the efficiency of the portable meters. By using wind speed sensor and solar power sensor to convert 4-20 mA power signal via Arduino UNO R3 board to save wind speed and solar Irradiation parameters every 30 seconds to the internal SD Card. Apparently, the results showed that the comparison of wind speed values from Digital Anemometer and Wind Transmitter from 6 to 8 April 2022, the Wind Transmitter can collect data and work efficiently, with the error values of 0.12, 0.19, 0.11 percent, respectively. And the comparison of solar energy values from Tenmars TM-750 and Pyranometer from 6 to 8 April 2022, the Pyranometer can collect data and work efficiently as well, with error values of 0.11, 0.08, 0.18 percentage, respectively. The designed and developed portable wind speed and solar radiation meter can be used for practical design of wind speed and solar cell generators.