How To Track The Sun With Solar Panel

Dennis scanlin i decided to try making a low cost pv photovoltaic tracker.

How to track the sun with solar panel.

Diy solar panels that track the sun. Check out this video of a system designed by arizona man mike davis to have solar panels follow the sun across the sky. In addition to a fixed tilt two types of solar panel exist that can track the sun. Based on everything from wind em up clockwork mechanisms to silicon cells to bimetallic gizmos of one sort.

Panels are mounted upon the tube and the tube will rotate on its axis to track the apparent motion of the sun through the day. The servo motor connected to the panel rotates the panel in the direction of sun. Being able to follow the sun s path through the sky can raise your solar panel system s output considerably 30 50 but the argon filled ones can be a bit pricey and seem to be a bit unsteady in wind. I had seen other solar panel tracking systems on the web based on antenna rotators.

Horizontal single axis tracker with tilted modules htsat in hsat the modules are mounted flat at 0 degrees while in htsat the modules are installed at a certain tilt. Single axis trackers follow the sun over the course of a day typically tilting from east to west and dual axis. How to create a solar panel that tracks the sun although this guide shows how to create a control system to make a solar panel track the sun its main purpose is to show how to write your own program for a pc to read analogue inputs and then control stepper motors according to your requirements. Solar panel tracking solutions are a more advanced technology for mounting photovoltaic panels.

Now there are a lot of solar tracking devices floating around at the present time. For a class project pv design appalachian state dr. Stationary mounts which hold panels in a fixed position can have their productivity compromised when the sun passes to a less than optimal angle. Two light dependent resistors are arranged on the edges of the solar panel.

The sun tracking solar panel consists of two ldrs solar panel and a servo motor and atmega328 micro controller. This is my home made solar panel sun tracker. As such the. If panels are able to move and track the sun they will receive greater amounts of sunlight during the day making them 30 50 more efficient than unmoving panels.

It was pretty easy to build. It is based on a 1960s vintage tv antenna rotator driven by 21st century microcontroller technology.