Two axes detector for photovoltaic panels' automatic full angle orientation

Milea, Lucian; Dascălu, Maria-Iuliana; Oltu, Orest; Zafiu, Adrian

doi:10.1109/smicnd.2010.5649035

“…Electricity runs like blood through the veins of economy without it the economy will tremble and it will be difficult for it to survive. Taking in account the diminishing natural resource known to mankind is the need of the hour, that someone stood up and discover new horizons explore more possibilities and bring forward new ideas to fulfill the exponentially increasing energy needs of the world's population [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In [5], single axis solar tracking mechanism is being discussed using real time clock. In [6], they propose a detector for one or two axis automatic orientation, which permit a continuous tracking for entire zenith angle range. In [7], ripple correlation control method is presented and verified against experiment.…”

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Design and Development of an Automated Multi Axis Solar Tracker Using PLC

Venkata¹,

Rajshekar²

2013

Bulletin EEI

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Design of a two dimensional automated solar tracking system is discussed in this paper. The objectives of the proposed work are to design an automated tracking technique using Light Dependent Resistance (LDR), and solar panel power output to position the solar panel to absorb maximum energy. For positioning the solar panel two stepper motors are used, each for positioning in a plane. These stepper motors were driven by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The controller is designed using wonderware software considering the inputs from LDR Sensor and solar panel output to drive the stepper motor connected to solar panels. Then the whole program is implemented with the help of PLC. The system was tested on a real time and results showed the proposed technique had improved the efficiency of solar panel by an amount of 25%.

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“…Electricity runs like blood through the veins of economy without it the economy will tremble and it will be difficult for it to survive. Taking in account the diminishing natural resource known to mankind is the need of the hour, that someone stood up and discover new horizons explore more possibilities and bring forward new ideas to fulfill the exponentially increasing energy needs of the world's population [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design and Development of an Automated Multi Axis Solar Tracker Using PLC

Venkata¹,

Rajshekar²

2013

Bulletin EEI

0

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Design of a two dimensional automated solar tracking system is discussed in this paper. The objectives of the proposed work are to design an automated tracking technique using Light Dependent Resistance (LDR), and solar panel power output to position the solar panel to absorb maximum energy. For positioning the solar panel two stepper motors are used, each for positioning in a plane. These stepper motors were driven by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The controller is designed using wonderware software considering the inputs from LDR Sensor and solar panel output to drive the stepper motor connected to solar panels. Then the whole program is implemented with the help of PLC. The system was tested on a real time and results showed the proposed technique had improved the efficiency of solar panel by an amount of 25%.

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