SINGLE AXIS SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM USING ARDUINO.

PRAJAPATI, AYUSHEE; SAEED, NAUSHEEN; NOMA; KUMAR, VISHNU; GAURAV, YATINDRA

The future is being built upon the foundation of renewable energy, particularly solar energy. Today, India is the thirdlargest solar deployment country in the world. Solar energy is an extremely efficient form of energy, making it a popular choice among people. However, the fixed structure of solar panels often limits their productivity. This paper proposes capturing more solar energy using a single-axis solar tracking system designed with an Arduino UNO and LDRs (along with two IR sensors). The proposed system aims to increase the performance of solar panels by continuously tracking the sun. It can receive the maximum amount of solar energy when it is perpendicular to the solar panel. The main controller in this paper is the Arduino UNO, a board based on the Atmega328P microcontroller. Two LDRs are used to detect the position of the sun in the sky, while a mirror rotates the orientation of the solar photovoltaic panels with the help of the L293D motor driver. An Arduino board connects to the sensor and gear drive. The photovoltaic panel and the motor are mechanically connected. The Arduino IDE is used to write the driver program. After the system was assembled, its operation was tested. The tracker intelligently adjusts the angle of the panels based on the direction in which the sun is facing the solar panel.

SOLAR panels; RENEWABLE energy sources; ENERGY consumption; SOLAR system; SYSTEMS design

i-Manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 4, p7

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Academic Journal

10.26634/jele.14.4.20845