Lakhvir Singh and Jujhar Singh
Design of Advanced Solar Tracking System for Mobile Laboratory
Solar tracking system is power generating method from sunlight. Solar tracking device ensures the optimization of conversion of solar energy into electricity by properly orienting the photo-voltaic panels in accordance with the real position of the sun. This paper reveals with the design and execution of a solar tracking system to be used for photovoltaic panels. The design is based on the power requirement of fans and tubes of the mobile laboratory consisting of physics, chemistry and computer apparatus. The working of solar tracking system is based on manually controlled hydraulic direction unit that is operated with a circuit and further this circuit is controlled by micro controller circuit. Directional control unit consists of three jacks in triangular shape are fitted at 120 degree from centre and 60 degree to each other. Two photovoltaic modules of 75 Watt each are used and these panels are connected in series in this fabricated tracking system. This present solar tracking system can enhance the efficiency by 25% as compared to static module.
