Title: Enhancement of solar panel's power generation by the usage of solar tracking
Abstract: Solar energy will have a continuously rising importance in energy harvesting in the future. Despite all its potential and importance photovoltaic energy still has to be improved in some fields to become competitive with the conventional energy sources of today in large scale applications. One possibility to raise the energy produced by solar modules and panels is solar tracking. Solar tracking allows us to direct solar panels continuously in optimal position to the sun, thus improving the overall efficiency of a photovoltaic system. We calculated the theoretical possible excess energy that can be gained by application of solar tracking. Based on these preliminary calculations we designed and built a complex system using two-axis positioning and electronically realized maximum power point tracking at the same time. Thanks to the built-in radio-wave communication infrastructure it is possible to monitor, control and synchronize different trackers remotely. The extension and scalability of the system enables building solar farms consisting of dozens of individual units.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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