Design and Development of Solar Panel Tracking System

Pavithra G. P.*, Nallani Revathi**, Saurabh Singh***, G. Bharath****, Manu D. K.*****
*-***** Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, K.S. School of Engineering and Management, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Periodicity:July - December'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jes.10.1.18369

Abstract

As non-renewable energy sources become scarcer, renewable energy sources are increasingly used to generate electricity. Non-renewable resources are limited and constantly depleted. The use of renewable resources such as solar energy is gaining momentum. The sunlight falling on the solar panel gets converted into electricity. A static solar panel cannot get even exposure to sunlight all the time and all the seasons. The goal of this work is to develop a dual-axis suntracking solar panel. The concept behind the work is to keep the photovoltaic modules to constantly orient themselves towards sunlight, maximizing solar radiation on solar panels. The idea behind the paper is to orient the photovoltaic modules constantly towards sunlight, maximizing the solar radiation on the solar panels with the objective of maximizing the power output. This work included the design and implementation of hardware, as well as the development of software for the microcontroller unit of the solar tracker. An ATmega328P microcontroller was used to control the movements of two servo motors that rotated the solar panels 360 degrees. The microprocessor calculated the amount of rotation based on data collected from four photo sensors near the solar panel.

Keywords

Solar Panel, Programmable Logical Controller, Tracker.

How to Cite this Article?

Pavithra, G. P., Revathi, N., Rakesh, K. S., Bharath, G., and Manu, D. K. (2021). Design and Development of Solar Panel Tracking System. i-manager's Journal on Embedded Systems, 10(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26634/jes.10.1.18369

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