Performance enhancement of solar PV system introducing semi-continuous tracking algorithm based solar tracker

Md Sadequl Azam, Atish Bhattacharjee, Mahedi Hassan, Mashudur Rahaman, Shahin Aziz, Md Aftab Ali Shaikh and Md Saidul Islam

Energy, 2024, vol. 289, issue C

Abstract: One common method of harnessing solar energy is via a Photovoltaic (PV) system. When sunlight strikes a PV panel surface at around ninety-degree angle, the system produces the most energy. The electricity generated by a PV system may be increased by using a solar tracker (ST). However, the ST has its own energy requirements and additional expenses. A semi-continuous single-axis ST is developed for this purpose. The “Semi-continuous tracking algorithm ” is used to monitor the sun rather than constant tracking in the developed ST. While comparing the performance of a fixed PV system, a continuous single-axis solar tracker-based PV system, and a semi-continuous single-axis solar tracker-based PV system, the developed semi-continuous system is only slightly less efficient than the continuous system (by 1.12 %). Nevertheless compared to a PV system with continuous tracking, the semi-continuous tracking system reduces self-energy consumption by 34%.

Keywords: Single axis solar tracker; Semi-continuous solar tracker system; Linear actuator; Micro-controller; Photovoltaic panel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129989

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