TY - GEN
T1 - Low-Cost Solar Tracking Device for Household
AU - Ngwenya, Surprise
AU - Hashe, Vuyo Terrence
AU - Kunene, Thokozane Justin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The frequent power out in South Africa has led most households to install static solar panels to try to remain powered during power outage periods. Solar energy is not harvested to its full potential by static solar panel systems. This paper forms part of the ongoing investigation and demonstrates the hardware design and implementation of a dual-axis solar tracking system, ensuring that the solar panel maintains a perpendicular profile to the sun to capture the most solar energy possible. With the help of a DC motor, the LDRs detect changes in the sun’s position, which are caused by corresponding changes in the position of the solar panels. With the suggested system in place, more energy will be produced than with a standard system while using much less energy itself. Households will be able to harvest more solar energy and continue to use affordable electricity if solar energy harvesting efficiency is improved. This work’s second part and extended version focus on the simulation and verification of the design for possible commercial scale.
AB - The frequent power out in South Africa has led most households to install static solar panels to try to remain powered during power outage periods. Solar energy is not harvested to its full potential by static solar panel systems. This paper forms part of the ongoing investigation and demonstrates the hardware design and implementation of a dual-axis solar tracking system, ensuring that the solar panel maintains a perpendicular profile to the sun to capture the most solar energy possible. With the help of a DC motor, the LDRs detect changes in the sun’s position, which are caused by corresponding changes in the position of the solar panels. With the suggested system in place, more energy will be produced than with a standard system while using much less energy itself. Households will be able to harvest more solar energy and continue to use affordable electricity if solar energy harvesting efficiency is improved. This work’s second part and extended version focus on the simulation and verification of the design for possible commercial scale.
KW - Photovoltaic cell
KW - Solar energy
KW - Solar radiation
KW - Solar tracking
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-56878-7_23
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-56878-7_23
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85202165219
SN - 9783031568770
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 381
EP - 401
BT - Advances in Engineering Project, Production, and Technology - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2023
A2 - Rotimi, James Olabode Bamidele
A2 - Shahzad, Wajiha Mohsin
A2 - Sutrisna, Monty
A2 - Kahandawa, Ravindu
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, EPPM 2023
Y2 - 29 November 2023 through 1 December 2023
ER -
