Implementation of a Control System in a Dual Axis Cylindrical-Parabolic Solar Tracking System

2021 ◽  
pp. 957-967
Author(s):  
William Oñate ◽  
Andy Catota ◽  
Jonathan Simbaña ◽  
Gustavo Caiza
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Solar Tracking

scholarly journals Development of an Advanced Solar Tracking Energy System

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Samuel Davies ◽  
Sivagunalan Sivanathan ◽  
Ewen Constant ◽  
Kary Thanapalan
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
System Development ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Advanced Control ◽  
Stability Issues

AbstractThis paper describes the design of an advanced solar tracking system development that can be deployed for a range of applications. The work focused on the design and implementation of an advanced solar tracking system that follow the trajectory of the sun’s path to maximise the power capacity generated by the solar panel. The design concept focussed on reliability, cost effectiveness, and scalability. System performance is of course a key issue and is at the heart of influencing the hardware, software and mechanical design. The result ensured a better system performance achieved. Stability issues were also addressed, in relation to optimisation and reliability. The paper details the physical tracker device developed as a prototype, as well as the proposed advanced control system for optimising the tracking.

scholarly journals Research on Solar Power Generation Control System Based on 360 Degree Rotate Double-Motor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Xuezeng Jia
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Energy Monitoring ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Four Quadrant ◽  
Fixed Structure

Aiming at the problems of low utilization rate of solar energy and poor anti-interference ability of tracking structure solar energy control system in fixed structure solar energy device, this paper designs a dual axis high-precision solar tracking system based on four quadrant rule. The system adopts two ways: automatic tracking and manual correction. The system uses four photoresistors as detection elements, uses the four quadrant principle to judge the tracking offset angle, and drives two-dimensional two axis stepper motor through STC89C52 processor to achieve the purpose of vertical angle, so as to ensure that the solar panel is always in the state of maximum light receiving surface; When the system is disturbed, it can be judged according to the change of the photosensitive resistance in the energy monitoring system, and the artificial correction can be realized by modulating the size of the divider resistance, which can basically achieve 360° Automatic rotation tracking. In addition, the energy monitoring system based on LabView is designed. Through the real system analysis, it can be concluded that the photoelectric energy conversion rate of the fixed solar device is increased by 32.4%.

scholarly journals Fuzzy Logic Controller Application for an Active Two-Axis Solar Tracking System

2020 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 00004
Author(s):  
Chairul Imron ◽  
Imam Abadi ◽  
Nurika Brillianti ◽  
Muhammad Khamim Asy’ari ◽  
Yusilawati Ahmad Nor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Control System ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Control ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Logic Control ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Yaw Angle

The changes in the intensity of solar radiation cause the electrical power produced by solar panels to be not optimal. The solar panel position control system to the position of the solar is an effort to overcome this problem. There are four Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) sensors placed on the sides of the four cardinal directions. The difference in the intensity of solar radiation received by each sensor causes the position of the solar panel to turn perpendicular to the position of the solar. The control method used is fuzzy logic control with three membership functions. The controlled variables are pitch angle and yaw angle in an active two-axis solar tracking system. Input fuzzy logic control is an error, and output is PWM. The results of the performance of the pitch angle control system produce settling time for 10 s and error steady-state obtained by 0.080 %, while for the yaw angle control system produces settling time for 13 s and steady-state error is obtained at 0.038 %. The existence of a control system resulted in an increase in the percentage of power above 30 % with a power difference of 7.49 W to a fixed panel.

Performance Study of Solar Trough Tracking Control System

2014 ◽  
Vol 541-542 ◽  
pp. 1433-1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Li Li ◽  
Cheng Mu Xu ◽  
Xu Ji ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Li Jun Tan
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, the tracking accuracy of one-dimension north-south solar tracking system is analyzed. The method of indirectly measuring one-dimension north-south solar tracking system is given according to the variation of sun position, and the relevant formulas are derived. The experiment on measuring the relationship between tracking accuracy and thermal efficiency of trough system is also conducted. Experimental results show that the system tracking deviation is 0.04 0.065°; the peak of tracking deviation of trough system is 0.875°.

Application of Dual Axis Solar Tracking System in Qurghonteppa, Tajikistan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adven Masih ◽  
Murodbek Safaraliev ◽  
Karomatullo Mukhmudov ◽  
Ismoil Odinaev ◽  
Bukhtiyor Ghoziev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Solar Tracking

scholarly journals A Study on Vision-Based Backstepping Control for a Target Tracking System

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Thinh Huynh ◽  
Minh-Thien Tran ◽  
Dong-Hun Lee ◽  
Soumayya Chakir ◽  
Young-Bok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Visual Servoing ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Imaging Geometry ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Decoupled Control ◽  
Control Configuration ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Pointing Control

This paper proposes a new method to control the pose of a camera mounted on a two-axis gimbal system for visual servoing applications. In these applications, the camera should be stable while its line-of-sight points at a target located within the camera’s field of view. One of the most challenging aspects of these systems is the coupling in the gimbal kinematics as well as the imaging geometry. Such factors must be considered in the control system design process to achieve better control performances. The novelty of this study is that the couplings in both mechanism’s kinematics and imaging geometry are decoupled simultaneously by a new technique, so popular control methods can be easily implemented, and good tracking performances are obtained. The proposed control configuration includes a calculation of the gimbal’s desired motion taking into account the coupling influence, and a control law derived by the backstepping procedure. Simulation and experimental studies were conducted, and their results validate the efficiency of the proposed control system. Moreover, comparison studies are conducted between the proposed control scheme, the image-based pointing control, and the decoupled control. This proves the superiority of the proposed approach that requires fewer measurements and results in smoother transient responses.

scholarly journals Optimal design of the solar tracking system of parabolic trough concentrating collectors

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-619
Author(s):  
Li Kong ◽  
Yunpeng Zhang ◽  
Zhijian Lin ◽  
Zhongzhu Qiu ◽  
Chunying Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
The North ◽  
Tracking Mode ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
East West

Abstract The present work aimed to select the optimum solar tracking mode for parabolic trough concentrating collectors using numerical simulation. The current work involved: (1) the calculation of daily solar radiation on the Earth’s surface, (2) the comparison of annual direct solar radiation received under different tracking modes and (3) the determination of optimum tilt angle for the north-south tilt tracking mode. It was found that the order of solar radiation received in Shanghai under the available tracking modes was: dual-axis tracking > north-south Earth’s axis tracking > north-south tilt tracking (β = 15°) > north-south tilt tracking (β = 45) > north-south horizontal tracking > east-west horizontal tracking. Single-axis solar tracking modes feature simple structures and low cost. This study also found that the solar radiation received under the north-south tilt tracking mode was higher than that of the north-south Earth’s axis tracking mode in 7 out of 12 months. Therefore, the north-south tilt tracking mode was studied separately to determine the corresponding optimum tilt angles in Haikou, Lhasa, Shanghai, Beijing and Hohhot, respectively, which were shown as follows: 18.81°, 27.29°, 28.67°, 36.21° and 37.97°.

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