Solar Ironing Cart

Solar Ironing Cart

Savitha K.P¹, Athira V.Pillai,², Sneha Susan Saji³, Sherin Joseph^{4 ,}Aiswarya M ⁵

Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chengannur ,

Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India

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Abstract – By replacing the charcoal used in cast iron boxes with electricity, a solar ironing cart significantly improve air quality. The moving cart’s roof is a 750 W, 48 V(DC), monocrystalline solar panel. A high gain tapped coupled boost converter is used to increase the input voltage of 48 V to 450 V(DC). Finally, it is switched to 230 V (AC) to power a 750 W dry iron box which consumes 7500Wh energy in a day. In order to power the cart during the rainy seasons, a 48 V, 60 Ah lead acid battery supports the 1kW cart. The ironer is mobile and can iron clothes at doorways. The proposed cart removes the respiratory problems caused by charcoal burning that are brought on by breathing in smoke. Additionally, it offers clean ironing and gets rid of ashes and grime from the ironed items. It can avoid the problem of uneven heating of iron box due to the usage of charcoal and save energy. The final prototype is scaled down to 100 W and tested for an input voltage of 48V that produces an output of 230 V(AC) due to different physical laboratory constraints. A product called Solar Ironing cart is proposed in this paper.

Key Words:  Tapped boost DC/DC Converter, Single phase full bridge Inverter, Solar PV source, Battery energy storage