Solar trackers orient solar panels towards the sun using light sensors and motors. There are two main types: single-axis trackers rotate around one axis, while dual-axis trackers rotate around two axes for maximum sun exposure. Trackers increase solar panel output by approximately 40% compared to fixed panels. They work by measuring light intensity with sensors to determine the sun's position and adjusting the panel orientation accordingly through active control systems. Open loop trackers use computer algorithms and timing systems rather than sensors. Solar trackers improve efficiency and power generation from solar installations.
Solar tracking system, Full Report Submitted in B.Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Final Year @ College of Engineering Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, INDIA.
SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUTSamar Gul
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Solar tracking system for maximum power output..This presentation about latest way to get maximum power from solar energy system. It is costly procedure for hardware actually it's depends how much you can spend o make more efficient.
It has two type,
1: Single Axis
2: Dual Axis
Dual axis more costly than single axis but both are excellent uses..we should to do work on it and apply it for in our real life for home uses..
Solar tracking system, Full Report Submitted in B.Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Final Year @ College of Engineering Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, INDIA.
SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUTSamar Gul
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Solar tracking system for maximum power output..This presentation about latest way to get maximum power from solar energy system. It is costly procedure for hardware actually it's depends how much you can spend o make more efficient.
It has two type,
1: Single Axis
2: Dual Axis
Dual axis more costly than single axis but both are excellent uses..we should to do work on it and apply it for in our real life for home uses..
Automatic solar tracker is a system which helps to boost the energy production of solar panel. The whole system even does not need any external power source,
PIC16F877A microcontroller:to control all the parts in the circuit.(I will use it because have analog to digital converter and I found it in all electronic store )
Light dependent resistor: to measure intensity of light.
LDR is a passive component whose resistance is
inversely proportional to the amount of light intensity directed towards it.
Stepper motor(unipolar): rotate solar panels and the light sensors to sense the max solar powerÂ
Stepper motor is an electromagnetic device that converts digital pulses intoMechanical shaft rotation. The shaft or spindle of a stepper motor rotates in discreteStep increments when electrical command pulses are applied to it in the properSequence.
The proposed block diagram of the project is shown in figure 1. The microcontroller reads the inputs form the light sensorthat is measured the direction of the light(sun) and performs the required operation that will rotate motor to track the motion of the sun . The inputs of the system is light sensor. The output is motor
PIC16F877A microcontroller:to control all the parts in the circuit.(I will use it because have analog to digital converter and I found it in all electronic store )
Light dependent resistor: to measure intensity of light.
LDR is a passive component whose resistance is
inversely proportional to the amount of light intensity directed towards it.
Stepper motor(unipolar): rotate solar panels and the light sensors to sense the max solar powerÂ
Stepper motor is an electromagnetic device that converts digital pulses intoMechanical shaft rotation. The shaft or spindle of a stepper motor rotates in discreteStep increments when electrical command pulses are applied to it in the properSequence.
ULN2003:is used as a stepper motor driver because we can't connect motor direct to MCU because the motor work by another power source that is between 9-15 v . As this figure this driver
Resistors.
Power supply.
10 k resistor to divide the 5v voltage between sensor and resistor .
Capacitors and crystal oscillator.
crystal oscillator: to generate pulses frequency
The presentation is complementary to a 8051 micro-controller based active solar tracker model consisting of light dependent resistors and assembly language programming.This is not a chronological tracker which has fixed angular rotation per second but adapts according the intensity of sun light.
I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage having the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out as well.
Project details - I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage with the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out.
Seminar on AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMRAKSHSAH
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this is the seminar presentation of automatic solar tracking system ,here i have present how it work and advantages and other things related to this.this presentation is our third year{pre finial year } presentation
so guys i hope you like this presentation
Automatic solar tracker is a system which helps to boost the energy production of solar panel. The whole system even does not need any external power source,
PIC16F877A microcontroller:to control all the parts in the circuit.(I will use it because have analog to digital converter and I found it in all electronic store )
Light dependent resistor: to measure intensity of light.
LDR is a passive component whose resistance is
inversely proportional to the amount of light intensity directed towards it.
Stepper motor(unipolar): rotate solar panels and the light sensors to sense the max solar powerÂ
Stepper motor is an electromagnetic device that converts digital pulses intoMechanical shaft rotation. The shaft or spindle of a stepper motor rotates in discreteStep increments when electrical command pulses are applied to it in the properSequence.
The proposed block diagram of the project is shown in figure 1. The microcontroller reads the inputs form the light sensorthat is measured the direction of the light(sun) and performs the required operation that will rotate motor to track the motion of the sun . The inputs of the system is light sensor. The output is motor
PIC16F877A microcontroller:to control all the parts in the circuit.(I will use it because have analog to digital converter and I found it in all electronic store )
Light dependent resistor: to measure intensity of light.
LDR is a passive component whose resistance is
inversely proportional to the amount of light intensity directed towards it.
Stepper motor(unipolar): rotate solar panels and the light sensors to sense the max solar powerÂ
Stepper motor is an electromagnetic device that converts digital pulses intoMechanical shaft rotation. The shaft or spindle of a stepper motor rotates in discreteStep increments when electrical command pulses are applied to it in the properSequence.
ULN2003:is used as a stepper motor driver because we can't connect motor direct to MCU because the motor work by another power source that is between 9-15 v . As this figure this driver
Resistors.
Power supply.
10 k resistor to divide the 5v voltage between sensor and resistor .
Capacitors and crystal oscillator.
crystal oscillator: to generate pulses frequency
The presentation is complementary to a 8051 micro-controller based active solar tracker model consisting of light dependent resistors and assembly language programming.This is not a chronological tracker which has fixed angular rotation per second but adapts according the intensity of sun light.
I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage having the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out as well.
Project details - I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage with the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out.
Seminar on AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMRAKSHSAH
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this is the seminar presentation of automatic solar tracking system ,here i have present how it work and advantages and other things related to this.this presentation is our third year{pre finial year } presentation
so guys i hope you like this presentation
The Journal of MC Square Scientific Research is published by MC Square Publication on the monthly basis. It aims to publish original research papers devoted to wide areas in various disciplines of science and engineering and their applications in industry. This journal is basically devoted to interdisciplinary research in Science, Engineering and Technology, which can improve the technology being used in industry. The real-life problems involve multi-disciplinary knowledge, and thus strong inter-disciplinary approach is the need of the research.
Dual Axis Solar Tracking System with Weather Sensorijtsrd
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Energy crisis is one in every of the major problems in world developing countries like Republic of India. Theres a huge gap between generation and demand of current. Nearly half of the population of the country cannot get the power supply. Renewable energy is one of the answers to solve this issue. Solar power is one in every of the foremost effective resources of the renewable energy that might play a big role to resolve this drawback. This analysis presents a performance analysis of the dual axis solar tracking system using Arduino and led and servo motors. The most objective of this research is whether the solar tracker is better than a solar panel. This work is split into 2 light dependent resistors LDR is employed to observe the almost source of illumination from the sun. Two servo motors put together accustomed move the electrical device to most source of illumination location perceived by the LDRs. In the other half, the software part is written by using C programming language which head towards to the Arduino UNO controller. The result of the solar tracking system has analyzed and compared with the mounted or static solar panel found higher performance in terms of current, power and voltage. Therefore, the solar tracking system is evidenced additional sensible for capturing the most daylight provide for star gathering applications. The result showed dual axis solar tracking system made further 10.53 watt power compared with mounted fixed and single axis solar tracking system. Components hardware and computer code. Mrs. Surbhi R. Shroff "Dual Axis Solar Tracking System with Weather Sensor" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd57378.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/57378/dual-axis-solar-tracking-system-with-weather-sensor/mrs-surbhi-r-shroff
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
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As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an âinfrastructure container kubernetes guyâ, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefitâs both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
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UI automation Sample
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Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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Clients donât know what they donât know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clientsâ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
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Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But thereâs more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, youâll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the âApproveâ button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
Butâif the âRejectâ button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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Solar tracker
1. Concept : We all are familiar with the Solar Panel :
Newton's corpuscular theory of light,
that light is made up of small particles
called âcorpusclesâ which travel in
straight line with a finite velocity and
energy.
SOLAR ENERGY :
ď It is the major Eco-friendly & Pollution
less method of producing the
electricity today.
ď Acc. to- U.S. solar research center:
â If we convert the Total Solar
energy reaches to earth in one time It is a large component made up of the no of
into ELECTRICITY, then it will be more photovoltaic cells connected internally with
enough than whole power used by all each other. Used to grab the sunlight and to
the nations per year. â convert it into the ELECTRICITY.
2. What is a solar tracker ?
A Solar tracker is a device used
for orienting a solar photovoltaic panel
or lens towards the sun by using the
solar or light sensors connected with the
machine ( ex: stepper motor, servo
motor, gas filled piston ).
Hence, The sun tracking systems can
collect more energy than what a fixed
panel system collects.
3. NEED OF SOLAR TRACKER
Commercial purpose :
⢠Increase Solar Panel Output
⢠max.efficency of the panel
⢠Maximize Power per unit Area
⢠Able to grab the energy through out
the day .
4. Types of Solar Trackers
1. Single Axis Solar Tracker
The sun's position in the sky varies both Single axis solar trackers can either have a
with the seasons (elevation) and time horizontal or a vertical axle. The
of day as the sun moves across the horizontal type is used in tropical regions where
sky. the sun gets very high at noon, but
the days are short. The vertical type is used in
⢠Hence there are also two types of
high latitudes (such as in UK) where
SOLAR TRACKER :
the sun does not get very high, but summer days
can be very long.
ď Single Axis Solar Tracker.
ď Dual Axis Solar Tracker.
5. 2. Dual Axis Trackers Dual axis Solar tracker fig :
Double axis solar trackers have both a
horizontal and a vertical axle and so can
track the Sun's apparent motion exactly
anywhere in the world.
This type of system is used to
control astronomical telescopes, and so
there is plenty of software available to
automatically predict and track the
motion of the sun across the sky.
Dual axis trackers track the
sun both East to West and North to
South for added power output (approx
40% gain) and convenience.
6. Overview of Present Tracker Drive Types
Solar tracker Drives, can be divided into
three main types depending on the
type of drive and sensing or
positioning system that they Solar Tracker
Drives
incorporate.
⢠1. Passive trackers : use the sunâs
radiation to heat gases that move the
1.Passive
tracker across the sky. 2.Active 3. Open Loop
Trackers
Trackers Trackers
⢠2. Active trackers : use electric or
hydraulic drives and some type of
gearing or actuator to move the
tracker.
⢠3. Open loop trackers : use no sensing
but instead determine the position of
the sun through pre recorded data for
a particular site.
7. 1. Passive ( Gas ) Trackers
Passive trackers use a compressed when the sun appears and disappears
gas fluid in two canisters each place in west & behind clouds, causing the gas in the liquid in
east of the tracker. The mechanism is in such a cylinders to expand and contract resulting in erratic
way that if one side cylinder is heated other movement of the device, often causes DAMAGE.
side piston rises causing the panel to tilt over
the sunny side.
This affects the balance of the
tracker and caused it to tilt. This system is very
reliable and needs little maintenance.
Advantages :
They are cheaper & effectively increase the
efficiency of the solar panel.
Disadvantages:
gas tracker will very rarely point the solar panels
directly to the sun, due to the temperature
varies from day to day and Overcast days are
also a problem can damage the panel.
8. 2. Active Trackers
Active trackers : measure the light
intensity from the sun by using â light
sensors â to determine where the solar
modules should be pointing.
Light sensors are positioned on the
tracker at various locations in specially
shaped holders.
If the sun is not facing the tracker
directly there will be a difference in light
intensity on one light sensor compared
to another and this causes to determine
in which direction the tracker has to tilt
with the help of the stepper or dc motor
in order to be facing the sun.
DRAWBACKS: On overcast days it will be
not so working properly due to clouds.
9. 3. Open Loop Solar Trackers
DEFINATION : Open loop trackers determine the
position of the sun using computer controlled
algorithms or simple timing systems.
1. Timed Trackers-
A timer is used to move the tracker
across the sky. Incremental movement throughout
the day keeps the solar panel pointing the sun.
Advantages: can be utilize as one or two axes
panels.
Disadvantage: Does not take into account the
seasonal variation in sun position.
2. Altitude / Azimuth Trackers-
It uses the astronomical data or sun
position algorithms to determine the position of
sun for any given time and location by using micro
controller.
Once the position has been calculated, the
modules are moved using servo motors and there
position measured by encoders built into the
tracker frame.
10. Some Interesting Power Facts
Efficiency increased by using solar trackers for one PV-cell.
INDIAN POWER
GENERATION
8% Thermal
3%
Hydro
25%
Nuclear
64%
Renewable
souces