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Modeling and Design of Azimuth-Altitude Dual Axis SolarTracker for Maximum Solar Energy Generation   
Yazarlar
Salem A A Shufat
Erol Kurt
Prof. Dr. Aybaba HANÇERLİOĞULLARI
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The sun tracking system that lets Parabolic Dish or PV panel orthogonal to the sun radiation during the day, can raise the concentrated sun radiation by up to 40%. The fixed Parabolic Dish cannot generally track the sun trajectory, also the single-axis tracking system can follow the sun in the horizontal direction (azimuth angle), while the two-axis tracker tracks the sun path in both azimuth and altitude angles. Dual axis automated control tracking system, which tracks the sun in two planes (azimuth and altitude) to move a Concentrated Parabolic Dish system to the direction of ray diffusion of sun radiation is studied and designed. The designed tracking system constructed of microcontroller or programmable logic control (PLC) with a digital program that operates sun tracker using driver, gear box to control the angular speed and mechanical torque, supports and mountings. Two steeper motors are modelled to guide the parabolic dish panel perpendicular to the sun's beam. In the present study, simulation scheme of two axis sun tracking system has been developed by operating under Matlab/Simulink. The program models and studies the effectiveness of overall system. The designed tracker has been studied with real data of sun trajectory angles (azimuth and altitude) as well as a Direct Normal Irradiation (DNI) to improve the effectiveness of parabolic dish panel by adding the tracking features to those systems according to the present site.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Altitude | Azimuth | Irradiation | PDS | Sun tracking system
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development (IJRED)
Dergi ISSN 2252-4930
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2019
Cilt No 8
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 7 / 1
Doi Numarası 10.14710/ijred.8.1.7-13