Design and fabrication of microcontroller-based dual axis light-sensitive rotating solar panel

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study predominantly focuses on the design, fabrication and performance of a dual-axis sun-tracking solar system. The whole construction of the dual axis rotating solar panel is divided into two sub-division, i.e. electrical system design and mechanical system design. The components of electrical and mechanical design system contribute individually for the efficient working of the dual axis light-sensitive rotating solar system and add a combined result in the system. Solar energy is immense, open in the environment, sparkling from contamination and renewable basis of electricity. The dual axis light-sensitive solar tracking system is an outcome of this mission. In this present study the aforesaid system is built and tested based on both the solar map and light-sensor-based continuous tracking mechanism. The power gain and system power consumption are compared with a static solar tracking system. It is found that power gain of this system has attested to be more proficient and beneficial than its fixed equivalents. The consequence exposed that the solar system with dual-axis tracking is further effective paralleled to that fixed solar system.