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International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Management and Science


Design and Development of Mechanical Solar Tracking System

( Vol-2,Issue-6,June 2016 )

Author(s): Monika R. Gajadharane, Niranjan A. Gijare, Madhura H. Joshi, Suraj P. Kanase, Mr. Dayanand A. Ghatge, Mr. Sagar A. Band



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Keywords:

Motor, real timer, solar energy, speed reduction, sun tracking mechanism.

Abstract:

In recent years, the growing global interest in the conservation of environment has provided a fresh motivation for research in the area of solar energy utilization. Already, installation of solar energy extraction devices such as solar panels, solar water heaters, solar cookers etc. is becoming popular in urban buildings. Most of these devices consist of a solar receptor that is kept facing the sun during the day, but the sun moves from east to west and the efficiency of the panel decreases. If one could trap this extra energy source then the efficiency of the solar panel would be increased. A tracking mechanism following the sun would achieve this aim. An attempt has been made to develop a simple yet efficient sun tracking mechanism using a motor, a speed reduction mechanism and real timer. The mechanism has been designed such that the sunrays falling on the panel are always perpendicular to the panel resulting in increase in efficiency of the electricity generation. This report presents, in detail, the design and construction adopted to develop the functional model that was fabricated and tested for performance which yielded the efficiency increase of 28.41% as compared to the conventional stationary panel position.

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