Development of a portable lighting system powered by photovoltaic solar energy: Chucheros-Buenaventura community application case
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This article presents the development of a portable lighting system powered by photovoltaic solar energy for use by the Chucheros-Buenaventura community. The basic needs of the community and the availability of natural energy resources were considered, as well as the use of environmentally friendly, ergonomic, and multifunctional components of the lighting system in order to evaluate its environmental impact and energy autonomy. The analysis of different materials for the construction of the system's housing managed to show favorable characteristics of the mixture (50/50) of the recycled materials Polypropylene and High Density Polyethylene (PPr/PEADr) compared to the others, in terms of thermal transference and resistance to impacts. Furthermore, with the selection of the electronic devices of the lighting system, an energy autonomy of approximately 4 hours was obtained by supplying a current of 500 mA. Finally, the use of available technologies in our context and the use of renewable energies allowed the development of a portable solar light that opens the possibility of carrying out different basic activities of people and contributes, not only in the improvement of the quality of life of these in the homes of the Non-Interconnected Zones (NIZ), but also as an environmentally friendly technological alternative for general use lighting.
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Accepted 2021-03-20
Published 2021-05-18
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