Sun Tracking Solar Panel Project Documentation

The sun tracking solar panel consists of two ldrs solar panel and a servo motor and atmega328 micro controller.

Sun tracking solar panel project documentation.

For flat panel applications trackers are used to minimize the angle of incidence between the incoming light and a solar panel. Advantage of this project is that solar panel will always follow the sun light will always face towards the sun to get charge all the time and can provide the supply the maximum power. Solar trackers move the payload towards the sun throughout the day. In this article we are going to make a sun tracking solar panel using arduino in which we will use two ldrs light dependent resistor to sense the light and a servo motor to automatically rotate the solar panel in the direction of the sun light.

There are two types of solar tracking systems. Two light dependent resistors are arranged on the edges of the solar panel. The project is useful during cloudy days. The tracking system will move the solar panel so that it is positioned perpendicular to the.

The system requires a solar panel coupled with a stepping motor to keep tracking the sun and moving according to the maximum sun light received. Our sun tracker system track the sun by use of sensors and rotate the solar panel by means of stepper motor. The designed solar tracker is able to maintain a difference angle of 1 5 degrees between the normal to the pv panel and the sun rays. The single most simple way of getting more energy out of a solar panel is to have it track the sun.

In this context solar tracking system is the best alternative to increase the efficiency of the photovoltaic panel. The unit is a mobile system aimed to provide energy in remote areas or during emergency conditions. A solar tracker is basically a device onto which solar panels are fitted which tracks the motion of the sun across the sky ensuring that the maximum amount of sunlight strikes the panels throughout the day. 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.

Solar trackers help to minimize this angle by working to orient panels so that light strikes them perpendicular to their surface. The designed project aims at tracking the sun to achieve the maximum sun light incident on the solar panel during anytime of the day. In fact solar panels that track the sun create around 30 more energy per day than a fixed panel. The sun trackers are all weather reliable and affordable tracking and positioning instruments.

A single axis tracker moves your panels on one axis of movement usually aligned with north and south. Light dependent resistors produce low resistance when light falls on them. Introduction since this project is about creating a solar tracker some light dependent circuit element.