AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM

Authors

  • Parasnis N. V. Appearing in ME (Mechatronics), Department of Mechanical Engineering Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune Maharashtra, India.
  • Tadamalle A. P Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Keywords:

Microcontroller,, DC motors,, PV panel, LCD Display

Abstract

The solar energy is a clean, freely and abundantly available alternative energy source in nature. Capturing solar energy from nature is an advantageous task for power generation. Conversion of sun energy into another form is a highly complex phenomenon. For this purpose, Photo-Voltaic (PV) panels are used which convert Sun energy to Direct Current (DC) electrical energy. Conventional fixed type PV panels extract maximum energy only during 12 noon to 2 PM which results in less efficiency. Therefore, building of an automatic solar tracking system is the need of an hour. PV panels have to be perpendicular with the sun for maximum energy extraction which can be fulfilled by automatic tracking. This project includes the design and development of microcontroller based automatic solar tracking system.

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Published

2021-03-27

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016): IJIERT

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