11-19
Modeling of Simple Controller for Solar Tracking System
Authors: Ngo Xuan Cuong, Nguyen Thi Hong
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At the present time, all country of the world is very interested in renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal or tidal energy …, solar energy is one of the most energy resource used wide spread. This paper presents a solution to make solar energy more viable, this is increasing the efficiency of the solar panel. The idea is to design a single-axis tracking system, which changes the position of the solar panel for maximizing the incident radiation on panel. Solar tracking system includes solar panel, light sensors, controller and one actuator. In this paper, we present an overview of solar tracking systems, light sensors, introduces the simple controller of the solar tracking systems using platform Arduino uno, present a control algorithm for this system, and conduct modeling of this controller using software Proteus. Simulations results conform to the technical requirements and posed control algorithm. We conducted manufacturing light sensor and controller. Check results show that this controller effective working and have high accuracy.