Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong

Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources. A solar tracking generating power system is designed and implemented. Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array is able to remain aligned to the sun. A tracking mec...

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Main Author: Buyong, Hishamuddin
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Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85255/1/85255.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.852552024-02-06T04:37:32Z Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong 2013 Buyong, Hishamuddin Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources. A solar tracking generating power system is designed and implemented. Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array is able to remain aligned to the sun. A tracking mechanism is integrated with an expert controller, sensors and input/output interface, that it can increase the energy generation efficiency of solar cells. In order to track the sun (LDR) sensor light sensitive resistor are used. This is to achieve maximum and optimal solar tracking. A field programmable gate array is applied to design the controller so that the solar cells always face the sun in most of the day time. The operation of the experimental model of the device is based on a DC motor intelligently controlled by a dedicated drive unit that moves a mini PV panel according to the signals received from two simple but efficient light sensors. The performance and characteristics of the solar tracker are experimentally analyzed. 2013 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85255/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85255/1/85255.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Megat Yunus, Puteri Nor Ashikin
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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advisor Megat Yunus, Puteri Nor Ashikin
description Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources. A solar tracking generating power system is designed and implemented. Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array is able to remain aligned to the sun. A tracking mechanism is integrated with an expert controller, sensors and input/output interface, that it can increase the energy generation efficiency of solar cells. In order to track the sun (LDR) sensor light sensitive resistor are used. This is to achieve maximum and optimal solar tracking. A field programmable gate array is applied to design the controller so that the solar cells always face the sun in most of the day time. The operation of the experimental model of the device is based on a DC motor intelligently controlled by a dedicated drive unit that moves a mini PV panel according to the signals received from two simple but efficient light sensors. The performance and characteristics of the solar tracker are experimentally analyzed.
format Thesis
qualification_level Bachelor degree
author Buyong, Hishamuddin
spellingShingle Buyong, Hishamuddin
Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
author_facet Buyong, Hishamuddin
author_sort Buyong, Hishamuddin
title Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
title_short Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
title_full Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
title_fullStr Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
title_full_unstemmed Horizontal axis solar tracker with two LDR sensor / Hishamuddin Buyong
title_sort horizontal axis solar tracker with two ldr sensor / hishamuddin buyong
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2013
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85255/1/85255.pdf
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