Solar Panel Tracking System Mechanism Project

Power on the circuit and place the set up directly under the sun on the rooftop.

Solar panel tracking system mechanism project.

2 2 solar photovoltaic system structure 6 2 3 solar module s performance and solar tracking system 8 2 3 1 solar panel s performance by fixed mounting 8 2 3 2 enhancement by using tracking systems 10 2 3 3 active solar trackers 11 3 designing of a solar tip tilt dual axis tracker 14 3 1 project planning 14 3 1 1 objectives and scope of the. For optimizing the solar tracking mechanism electromechanical systems were evolved through implementation of different evolutional algorithms and methodologies. Solar trackers move the payload towards the sun throughout the day. A typical solar tracking system adjusts the face of the solar panel or reflective surfaces to align with the sun as it moves across the sky.

1 shows the circuit of the solar tracking system. Light dependent resistors ldr1 through ldr4 are used as sensors to detect the panel s position relative to the sun. The solar energy system designed and developed includes a solar panel a battery and an inverter. To present the tracker a hybrid dual axis solar tracking system is designed built and tested based on both the solar map and light sensor based continuous tracking mechanism.

It also has a method of concentrating the sunlight onto the photoreceptors on the solar panel. The single most simple way of getting more energy out of a solar panel is to have it track the sun. Production from a dual axis solar tracker will be at least 140 higher than roof mounted solar panels. It is this relatively slow motion that enables the time compression approach for alt.

Based on the light falling on the two ldrs the atmega328 microcontroller changes the position of the servo motor which in turn moves in the panel. These provide the signal to motor driver ic2 to move the solar panel in the sun s direction. The device also effectively tracks the seasonal displacement of the sun and moves the entire mechanism in the horizontal plane or in a lateral motion such that the orientation of the solar panel is always kept in a straight axis to the sun so that it complements the vertical actions of the tracker appropriately. Assemble the circuit as described and upload the code to atmega328 microcontroller.

In fact solar panels that track the sun create around 30 more energy per day than a fixed panel. It is a system which places the solar panels high on a structure and tracks them toward the sun all day a technology which provides dual axis tracking so the bifacial solar panels always face directly to the sun. With that kind of power increase you d think everyone would be doing it but there are some good reasons why it s not overly common. The solar panel is designed with a tracking mechanism that directs the panel towards the area of high sunlight intensity.

The system moves though one rotation per day. The solar tracker comprises comparator ic lm339 h bridge motor driver ic l293d ic2 and a few discrete components.