DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED ONE AXIS SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Valan Arasu ◽  
T. Sornakumar
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
And Performance

Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System

2014 ◽  
Vol 704 ◽  
pp. 350-354
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ikram Mohd Rashid ◽  
Nik Fadhil bin Nik Mohammed ◽  
Suliana binti Ab Ghani ◽  
Noor Asiah Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Solar Tracking

The energy extracted from photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal depends on solar insolation. For the extraction of maximum energy from the sun, the plane of the solar collector should always be normal to the incident radiation. Sun trackers move the solar collector to follow the sun trajectories and keep the orientation of the solar collector at an optimal tilt angle. Energy efficiency of solar PV or solar thermal can be substantially improved using solar tracking system. In this paper, an automatic solar tracking system has been designed and developed using DC motor on a mechanical structure with gear arrangement. The movements of two-axis solar trackers for the elevation and azimuth angles are programmed according to the mathematical calculation by using the Borland C++ Builder. Performance of the proposed system over the important parameter like solar radiation received on the collector, maximum hourly electrical power has been evaluated and compared with those for fixed tilt angle solar collector.

Design and Performance Analysis of Automatic Solar Tracking System

2015 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
pp. 353-357
Author(s):  
F.S. Abdullah ◽  
H.M. Nuhafiz ◽  
O. Mardianaliza ◽  
A. Yusof ◽  
Noor Anida
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Electronic Circuit ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Solar Panel ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Dc Motors ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Solar Tracker ◽  
And Performance

Solar tracker is a device that detects the movement of the sun. Solar tracker receive maximum sun ray in order to produce the maximum power supply by the photovoltaic (PV) panels system. It also depends on the environment factor such as solar irradiation and temperature of the panels. This paper presents the development of the automatic solar tracking system, the construction of the sensor circuit, programming of the control system and also its performance analysis. This automatic solar tracking system is designed with an electronic circuit control using PIC that can trigger the dc motors when the LDR sensors detect sunlight. DC motor will move vertical and 360 ̊ horizontal to increase efficiency of sunlight to the solar panel. Solar panel for the project gets power supply from the battery. The battery will be charged using power from the solar panel.

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento de um Protótipo Automatizado de Detecção e Focalização de Raios Solares com Hardware Livre

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Soares de Santana Filho ◽  
Carlos Henrique Mota Martins ◽  
Thiago Henrique Felix C. Ribeiro Conceição ◽  
Alex Vinicius dos Reis Freitas Silva ◽  
Adriano Honorato Braga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Servo Motor ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Arduino Uno ◽  
And Performance

Solar energy is a renewable and inexhaustible source, besidescausing damage to nature, being clean and sustainable.Transform the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Sunelectrical energy are used solar panels. In order to improveefficiency and performance of this capture, a low-cost wasbuilt, a single-axis solar tracking system for photovoltaicpanels. The solution uses the automation Arduino UNO R3,open hardware, two photosensitive sensors LDR GL-5528, inaddition to a servo motor capable of moving the surface of aphotovoltaic plate according to the detection of the highestincidence of light. The circuit and its components wereprogrammed using the Arduino IDE software, version 1.8.11.As a result, it was possible to follow the movement of thesun, differing from a static panel, thus ensuring greater sunshineon the solar plate, as a result of this traceablecontrol prototype.

scholarly journals Design and performance evaluation of a solar tracking panel of single axis in Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2889
Author(s):  
Hernando González-Acevedo ◽  
Yecid Muñoz-Maldonado ◽  
Adalberto Ospino-Castro ◽  
Julian Serrano ◽  
Anthony Atencio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Solar Tracker ◽  
And Performance

This paper presents the mechanical design of a single axis solar tracking system, as well as the electronic design of a system that to record in real time the electric power delivered by the solar tracker and to evaluate its performance. The interface was developed in Labview and it compares the power supplied by the tracker with the power supplied by static solar panel of the same characteristics. The performance is initially simulated using Pv-Syst software, and later validated with the data obtained by the interface. As a result, the use of the solar tracker increases the power delivered by a minimum of 19%, and it can go as high as 47.84%, with an average in increase in power of 19.5% in the monthly energy production. This experimental result was compared with the simulation by Pv-Syst software and shows a difference of only 2.5%, thus validating the reliability of the simulation. This behavior pattern coincides with previous studies carried out for equatorial latitudes.

Output Power Enhancement of Solar PV Panel Using Solar Tracking System

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
Abhishek Kumar Tripathi ◽  
Mangalpady Aruna ◽  
Ch. S.N. Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Pv Panel ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Power Enhancement ◽  
Panel Surface

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion has gained much attention nowadays. The output power of PV panel depends on the condition under which the panel is working, such as solar radiation, ambient temperature, dust, wind speed and humidity. The amount of falling sunlight on the panel surface (i.e., solar radiation) directly affects its output power. In order to maximize the amount of falling sunlight on the panel surface, a solar tracking PV panel system is introduced. This paper describes the design, development and fabrication of the solar PV panel tracking system. The designed solar tracking system is able to track the position of the sun throughout the day, which allows more sunlight falling on the panel surface. The experimental results show that there was an enhancement of up to a 64.72% in the output power of the PV panel with reference to the fixed orientation PV panel. Further, this study also demonstrates that the full load torque of the tracking system would be much higher than the obtained torque, which is required to track the position of the sun. This propounds, that the proposed tracking system can also be used for a higher capacity PV power generation system.

Design development and performance studies of a novel Single Family Solar Cooker

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mahavar ◽  
N. Sengar ◽  
P. Rajawat ◽  
M. Verma ◽  
P. Dashora
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Design Development ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Design, Construction and Performance Evaluation of an Automatic Solar Tracker

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. H. Prodhan ◽  
M. K. Hamid ◽  
D. Hussain ◽  
M. F. Huq
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Gear System ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Additional Energy ◽  
Intelligent Sensor ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
Solar Tracking ◽  
Solar Tracker ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Design Construction

In this research paper, an automatic solar tracker based on gear system is designed and developed. The solar tracker follows the sun from east to west during the day. Driving software has been developed using FLOWCODE and then it is burnt into the microcontroller (PIC 16F72). An intelligent sensor board followed by a sensor circuit has been used to sense the position of the sun.The system has been programmed to detect the intensity of sunlight by a differential arrangement of two LDRs and subsequently actuate the motor to position the solar panel where it can receive maximum sunlight. The solar tracking system is a mechatronic system that integrates electrical and mechanical systems and computer hardware & software. The driving gear system and the structure of the PV module have been developed by using the locally available materials.In our research, the efficiency of this automatic solar tracker is 15% higher than the conventional tracker because of the designing automatic solar tracker and has got it successfully.This reveals that our system is compatible with the additional energy production.

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