Dual Axis Solar Tracking System by Arduino and LDRs

EasyChair Preprint 7978

Abstract

Due to the rapid decline in the amount of conventional energy resources and their harmful effects on the environment, there has been a substantial growth in the invention and usage of various non-conventional energy resources. The most important of these resources is the solar energy. Solar energy has been used in various ways over a immeasurable period of time. PV cells are the electronic devices that are used to convert solar energy into electricity. The most efficient way to increase the energy output from these PV panels is by solar tracking i.e. the arrangement consisting of solar cells should adjust its position in such a way that it always faces the direction of maximum solar irradiance. Single axis solar trackers have been in use from over a couple of decades now and they are 30-32% more efficient than the fixed solar panels system .These allow the solar panels to move in only one direction i.e. southnorth to track the direction of maximum solar radiation. An improvement to these are the Dual axis solar tracking system that allow the bidirectional movement (northsouth and east-west) of solar panels and are 79-81% more efficient than the fixed solar panels.

Keyphrases: Dual Axis Solar Tracking System, PV cells, Single axis solar trackers, solar energy

@booklet{EasyChair:7978,
  author    = {Nikita Ray and Ruchi Kushwaha and Vishwas Garg and Jatin Goel and Satish Kumar},
  title     = {Dual Axis Solar Tracking System by Arduino and LDRs},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 7978},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}