DUAL AXIS SUN LIGHT TRACKING SOLAR PANEL

The Arduino based dual axis solar tracking based solar panel is designed and successfully implemented to increase the efficiency of solar panel. The proposed dual axis solar tracker is more effective than the existing single axis solar tracker and fixed mount. The proposed solar tracker which automa

Project Title

DUAL AXIS SUN LIGHT TRACKING SOLAR PANEL

Project Area of Specialization

Artificial Intelligence

Project Summary

The Arduino based dual axis solar tracking based solar panel is designed and successfully implemented to increase the efficiency of solar panel. The proposed dual axis solar tracker is more effective than the existing single axis solar tracker and fixed mount. The proposed solar tracker which automatically tracks the sun to grab maximum solar power with the help of Arduino board was effectively achieved. The implementation cost of Arduino board for tracking solar power is low and it's implementation is simple. Finally,experimental system clearly reveals that proposed system effectively tracks the sun in both good and bad weather conditions. During different time periods in a day compared with the existing system and efficiency of solar panel is effectively improved.

Project Objectives

Single axis solar tracker is developed for rotation of solar panel in east and west direction. But due to the rotation and revolution of earth we cannot get equal amount of sunrays throughout the year. So that we adopted dual axis solar tracker to utilize the solar energy effectively and efficiently by rotating the panel in both horizontal and vertical direction. The main objective of dual axis solar tracker is to increase the efficiency of the solar panel by 30-45% when compared to the static and single axis solar tracker. The literature survey clearly shows the different methods of solar tracking for maximum utilization of solar power.

Project Implementation Method

In this system, four LDRs are fixed to sense the intensity of light (Two for Azimuth position sensor and another two for Altitude position sensor). The analog signal from the sensors is given to the in-built ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) and light comparison unit. This output is given as an input to the Arduino board along with the input command. The output of the Arduino is given to the motor driving circuit. Two DC motors are connected with the driving circuit, one for vertical and another one for horizontal movement. The motor rotates the solar panel perpendicular to the position of sun’s rays.

Then finally the output power is displayed in the LCD. In this project, LDR combination plays an important role.The combination of signals is fed to the Arduino and this bit pattern is shown in table 

 Desired Bit Pattern

LDR 1  LDR 2  LDR 3   LDR 4   

1001     1100    0110      0011  

When the motor gets the last bit pattern in the table the motor will move the panel to its initial position and again follow these steps, when sun starts rising in the next day.Even a load is taken from the solar panel by connecting the panel with battery and inverter. The battery is used to store and give the DC supply to the inverter, which is taken from the solar panel. Then the output DC supply was given to the inverter which converts DC to AC. Then a load is connectedalong with it. 

Benefits of the Project

The advantages of tracking solar energy among various sources are:

•Solar energy is a pollution free form of source.

•There is no noise pollution as in wind energy.

•Once the solar power plant is fixed, maintenance

cost is relatively low when compared to other existing sources.

•Solar energy can be used in very remote areas

where extension of the electricity power grid is costly.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The basic operating mechanism of dual axis solar tracker is basically an Azimuth-Altitude dual axis solar tracker. Altitude refers to elevation of angle between a substance and the observer’s location. It is basically between the angles of 0-90?. Zenith distance can also be used instead of altitude. Then azimuth is usually analysed from north and increasing towards east. This is mainly employed to get the maximum efficiency when compared to the static and single-axis solar tracking system. To achieve this, we used Arduino UNO, LDRs, DC motor, LCD and solar panel. In automatic solar tracking and two axis solar tracking is proposed in for better solar tracking based on the position of sun. The main idea of making this project is given below:

•To trace more solar power in different location in different time period in a day to get maximum efficiency.

•To develop the Arduino based Dual axis solar tracker.

•To compare the efficiency of dual axis tracker with single axis tracker.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Manufacturing

Other Industries

Energy

Core Technology

Artificial Intelligence(AI)

Other Technologies

Robotics

Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and Clean Energy

Required Resources

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