The solar tracking powered aerator: A case study of wastewater treatment
This article presents the design of the solar tracking powered aerator. The design work is a case study based on wastewater treatment in inconvenient areas. The aerator was designed to have two separated systems: air compressor and water turbine. The microcontroller was an important part to control and switch between these systems. The electrical energy source was generated from solar tracking of 100 watts and it will be stored in the battery of 12 volts to optimize its operation for 24 hours a day. An experiment result of aerator, in a fish pond of 48 cubic meters for a period of 4 consecutive weeks, found that it could generate the average electric power of 74 watts per hour. The average load of power consumption was 670 watts per day and power charged in the battery was 820 watts per day. The designed work has ability to improve the average oxygen of water from 3.43 to 4.98 milligram per liter that means it increased 45.19 percent. And also the pH water was constative changing decreased approach to the better pH quality of water.This article presents the design of the solar tracking powered aerator. The design work is a case study based on wastewater treatment in inconvenient areas. The aerator was designed to have two separated systems: air compressor and water turbine. The microcontroller was an important part to control and switch between these systems. The electrical energy source was generated from solar tracking of 100 watts and it will be stored in the battery of 12 volts to optimize its operation for 24 hours a day. An experiment result of aerator, in a fish pond of 48 cubic meters for a period of 4 consecutive weeks, found that it could generate the average electric power of 74 watts per hour. The average load of power consumption was 670 watts per day and power charged in the battery was 820 watts per day. The designed work has ability to improve the average oxygen of water from 3.43 to 4.98 milligram per liter that means it increased 45.19 percent. And also the pH water was constative changing decreased approach to the.