Open AccessA Prototype solar tracking system design and implementation
Author(s) -
Abbas F. Nori,
Faisel G. Mohammed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mağallaẗ al-kūfaẗ li-l-fiziyā'/journal of kufa - physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-6671
pISSN - 2077-5830
DOI - 10.31257/2018/jkp/2020/120105
Subject(s) - microcontroller , tracking (education) , detector , arduino , tracking system , resistor , solar tracker , electricity , simulation , computer science , photovoltaic system , electrical engineering , computer hardware , engineering , embedded system , filter (signal processing) , psychology , voltage , pedagogy
In this work comparison between the results of the first systems is a fixed solar and the second is the sun tracking in an attempt to increase the proportion of electricity production. Here a microcontroller (Arduino) and the light-dependent resistor (LDR) photo detector is used in this tracker. And then compare the results in different weather conditions and on different days to test the efficiency of the two systems. The efficiency of the tracking system is better than the fixed system by 12.3% on a sunny day and 4.9% on a partly cloudy day. However, it failed by 3.3% on a cloudy day. With a sunny day preference in the tracking system at 6.9% of partially cloudy days, and 12.1% with partially cloudy to a cloudy day. And verified from The efficiency of the work of the microcontroller (Arduino) system and the optical detector (LDR).