DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATON OF AN AUTOMATIC CONTOUR TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TRACTORS

The energy extracted from photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal depends on solar insolation. For the extraction of maximum energy from the sun, the plane of the solar collector should always be normal to the incident radiation. Sun trackers move the solar collector to follow the sun trajectories and keep the orientation of the solar collector at an optimal tilt angle. Energy efficiency of solar PV or solar thermal can be substantially improved using solar tracking system. In this paper, an automatic solar tracking system has been designed and developed using DC motor on a mechanical structure with gear arrangement. The movements of two-axis solar trackers for the elevation and azimuth angles are programmed according to the mathematical calculation by using the Borland C++ Builder. Performance of the proposed system over the important parameter like solar radiation received on the collector, maximum hourly electrical power has been evaluated and compared with those for fixed tilt angle solar collector.

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798 Assessment of ventricular desynchronization in dilated cardiomyopathy by the automatic contour tracking method

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(05)80503-x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 183-183

Keyword(s):

Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽

Contour Tracking ◽

Tracking Method ◽

Automatic Contour

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Output Power Enhancement of Solar PV Panel Using Solar Tracking System

Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Formerly Recent Patents on Electrical & Electronic Engineering) ◽

10.2174/2352096511666180501124714 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 45-49

Author(s):

Abhishek Kumar Tripathi ◽

Mangalpady Aruna ◽

Ch. S.N. Murthy

Keyword(s):

Solar Radiation ◽

Output Power ◽

Tracking System ◽

The Sun ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Design Development ◽

Pv Panel ◽

Solar Tracking ◽

Power Enhancement ◽

Panel Surface

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion has gained much attention nowadays. The output power of PV panel depends on the condition under which the panel is working, such as solar radiation, ambient temperature, dust, wind speed and humidity. The amount of falling sunlight on the panel surface (i.e., solar radiation) directly affects its output power. In order to maximize the amount of falling sunlight on the panel surface, a solar tracking PV panel system is introduced. This paper describes the design, development and fabrication of the solar PV panel tracking system. The designed solar tracking system is able to track the position of the sun throughout the day, which allows more sunlight falling on the panel surface. The experimental results show that there was an enhancement of up to a 64.72% in the output power of the PV panel with reference to the fixed orientation PV panel. Further, this study also demonstrates that the full load torque of the tracking system would be much higher than the obtained torque, which is required to track the position of the sun. This propounds, that the proposed tracking system can also be used for a higher capacity PV power generation system.

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