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

Abstract. 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 trajector...

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Main Authors:	Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid, Nik Fadhil, Nik Mohammed, Suliana, Ab Ghani
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/1/fkee-2014-ikram-Design%2C_Development_and_Performance.pdf

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spelling	ump-77262018-02-05T02:45:18Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/ Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Nik Fadhil, Nik Mohammed Suliana, Ab Ghani TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Abstract. 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. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/1/fkee-2014-ikram-Design%2C_Development_and_Performance.pdf Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid and Nik Fadhil, Nik Mohammed and Suliana, Ab Ghani (2014) Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System. In: International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2014), 26-27 September 2014 , Shanghai, China. pp. 1-5..
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description	Abstract. 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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Nik Fadhil, Nik Mohammed Suliana, Ab Ghani
author_facet	Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Nik Fadhil, Nik Mohammed Suliana, Ab Ghani
author_sort	Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid
title	Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System
title_short	Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System
title_full	Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System
title_fullStr	Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System
title_full_unstemmed	Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System
title_sort	design, development and performance test of two-axis solar tracker system
publishDate	2014
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7726/1/fkee-2014-ikram-Design%2C_Development_and_Performance.pdf
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Design, Development and Performance Test of Two-Axis Solar Tracker System

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