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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Prototype of PIC Based Automatic Solar Tracking System

Introduction

One of the most important problem facing the world today is the energy problem.Therefore, demand of electrical energy and cost of fuel is increasing. The solution is to using more  renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy etc. Nowadays , solar energy has been widely used in our life.

Concepts related to the solar energy constantly been  under heavy research and development. The basic objective related to the energy produced from photovoltic cells and by making the overall systems more efficient and cost effective. There are several factors that affect that affect the efficiency of the collection process. Major  influences on overall efficiency include solar cell efficiency, intensity of solar radiation and storage Technics.

The materials used in solar cell manufacturing limit the efficiency of a solar cell. Therefore this restricts the efficiency of the overall collection process. Therefore most attainable method of improving the performance of solar power collection is to increase the mean intensity of radiation received from source.  Most solar panels statistically aligned , they have a fixed position at a certain angle towards the sky.The time and intensity of direct sunlight falling upon the solar panel is greatly reduced, resulting in low output power from the panel.

The major approach for maximizing power extraction is sun tracking.solar tracking system is used sun tracking for maximize the power output.