TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel design and simulation of a mechanical coordinate based photovoltaic solar tracking system
AU - Rustemli, Sabir
AU - İlcihan, Zeki
AU - Sahin, Gökhan
AU - van Sark, Wilfried G.J.H.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Various methods have been developed to increase electrical energy production gains in photovoltaic (PV) systems. These can be classified as solar tracking systems, cooling systems and methods of reducing the effect of shading. In order to maximise the PV energy yield, the PV systems must follow the sun. In this study, the effect of solar tracking systems on the energy yield gains of PV systems is investigated, and various types of solar tracking systems are discussed in detail. To ensure accuracte tracking of the postion of the sun, a new, low-cost, system has been developed that employs a global positioning system (GPS) module, compass and accelerometer. With this necessary angle information a dual-axis coordinate-based solar tracking system was designed using the Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroler with home-built control software. The system is validated by comparing it to a fixed angle system and an energy yield gain of 33–38% is found.
AB - Various methods have been developed to increase electrical energy production gains in photovoltaic (PV) systems. These can be classified as solar tracking systems, cooling systems and methods of reducing the effect of shading. In order to maximise the PV energy yield, the PV systems must follow the sun. In this study, the effect of solar tracking systems on the energy yield gains of PV systems is investigated, and various types of solar tracking systems are discussed in detail. To ensure accuracte tracking of the postion of the sun, a new, low-cost, system has been developed that employs a global positioning system (GPS) module, compass and accelerometer. With this necessary angle information a dual-axis coordinate-based solar tracking system was designed using the Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroler with home-built control software. The system is validated by comparing it to a fixed angle system and an energy yield gain of 33–38% is found.
KW - incidence angles
KW - photovoltaic systems
KW - solar energy
KW - solar tracking systems
KW - yield enhancement
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U2 - 10.3934/ENERGY.2023037
DO - 10.3934/ENERGY.2023037
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85174160884
SN - 2333-8326
VL - 11
SP - 753
EP - 773
JO - AIMS Energy
JF - AIMS Energy
IS - 5
ER -