DUAL AXIS SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MAXIMUM SOLAR POWER GENERATION
Keywords:
Arduino UNO, Solar Panel, Tracker, Servo motors, light dependent resistors (LDRs), Jumper wires, Acrylic sheet, Printed circuit board (PCB)Abstract
The problem with fixed panel is that they do not rotate. The orientation of the solar panel is kept unchanged
during the entire year. Our aim is to create an efficient, inexpensive dual axis solar tracker for commercial uses. This tracker
is an active tracker which is controlled by computer program (via an Arduino). This means that we use LDR sensors to find
the brightest source of light at all times. If a flashlight is used and is shine, at the sensors the tracker would follow it around.
This is the most interactive and exciting kind of tracking; it's also used for larger setups. This system is a scheduled tracker.
It uses a computer program that changes the angle of the panel based on the date, time, and physical location. This method is
far more efficient provided everything is set up properly.
