Improvement the effectiveness of multi-directional low weight solar panel tracking system based on dC relay

Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

^* Corresponding Author: omartalib92@uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

Abstract

Rotating prototypes are utilized to track the sun path and allow solar panels to head towards the sun as long as possible, to growing additional solar power and increasing their efficiency. Therefore, to develop the suggested prototype for Advanced Virtual RISC microcontrollers, the paper suggests that instead of traditional materials like Iron and plastics, it would be possible to use foam polyvinyl chloride material. It can withstand more heat and is capable of reducing the design's weight and energy consumption in comparison to different materials. Furthermore, this work proposes that the sun position tracking is adjusted through a switch operates in a direct current relay to minimize the effects of energy expenditure in control circuits and motors. Consequently, the aforementioned operation will lead to improve the total power system and to set an optimum period for peak direct current relay. Lastly, the advantages of combining solar cells in a series on output voltage from panels are discussed in this work. The experiments revealed that the proposed prototype is more efficient than a static solar system in absorbing higher sunlight, with an average power increase of 34 %. In addition, measurements have shown that the optimal duration of a suggested tracking system can be discretized every 20 minutes in order to achieve maximum efficiency i.e. 34 %. In contrast to a system that monitors continuously, an optimum discretizing time period minimizes 89% of the power used by the moving and microcontroller units.