TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and performance evaluation of a solar tracking panel of single axis in colombia
AU - González-Acevedo, Hernando
AU - Muñoz-Maldonado, Yecid
AU - Ospino-Castro, Adalberto
AU - Serrano, Julian
AU - Atencio, Anthony
AU - Saavedra, Cristian Jaimes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - This paper presents the mechanical design of a single axis solar tracking system, as well as the electronic design of a system that to record in real time the electric power delivered by the solar tracker and to evaluate its performance. The interface was developed in Labview and it compares the power supplied by the tracker with the power supplied by static solar panel of the same characteristics. The performance is initially simulated using Pv-Syst software, and later validated with the data obtained by the interface. As a result, the use of the solar tracker increases the power delivered by a minimum of 19%, and it can go as high as 47.84%, with an average in increase in power of 19.5% in the monthly energy production. This experimental result was compared with the simulation by Pv-Syst software and shows a difference of only 2.5%, thus validating the reliability of the simulation. This behavior pattern coincides with previous studies carried out for equatorial latitudes.
AB - This paper presents the mechanical design of a single axis solar tracking system, as well as the electronic design of a system that to record in real time the electric power delivered by the solar tracker and to evaluate its performance. The interface was developed in Labview and it compares the power supplied by the tracker with the power supplied by static solar panel of the same characteristics. The performance is initially simulated using Pv-Syst software, and later validated with the data obtained by the interface. As a result, the use of the solar tracker increases the power delivered by a minimum of 19%, and it can go as high as 47.84%, with an average in increase in power of 19.5% in the monthly energy production. This experimental result was compared with the simulation by Pv-Syst software and shows a difference of only 2.5%, thus validating the reliability of the simulation. This behavior pattern coincides with previous studies carried out for equatorial latitudes.
KW - Energy efficiency Photovoltaic panel Power generation plant Pv-Syst software Solar tracker
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U2 - 10.11591/ijece.v11i4.pp2889-2898
DO - 10.11591/ijece.v11i4.pp2889-2898
M3 - Artículo Científico
AN - SCOPUS:85104382085
SN - 2088-8708
VL - 11
SP - 2889
EP - 2898
JO - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JF - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
IS - 4
ER -
