Jagadish K Iyer

US Patent:

20180175786, Jun 21, 2018

Filed:

Jun 3, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/579905

Inventors:

Jagadish Iyer - Berkeley Heights NJ, US

International Classification:

H02S 40/12

Abstract:

An apparatus, method and system for cleaning a solar panel includes a solar panel, one or more fluid reservoirs, a fluid dispenser at a first side of a solar panel, a mechanism for providing pressurized fluid to the fluid dispenser from the fluid reservoir(s), and a mechanism for dispensing the fluid from the dispenser. The solar panel is periodically cleaned and the motivation for cleaning may be a detected output condition of the panel, a detected weather condition, an expired time condition, detected precipitant accumulation, a manual command, or the like. The fluid(s) may include a gas and/or one or more liquids. A heater may be provided to heat the fluid(s).