• DocumentCode
    1580684
  • Title

    Design and implementation of dual axis solar tracker based on solar maps

  • Author

    Elagib, S.B. ; Osman, N.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Dept. of Electr. & Electron., Univ. of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    697
  • Lastpage
    699
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the design and development of a Microcontroller based solar tracking system, based on solar maps, which can predict the exact apparent position of the Sun, by the latitude´s location, it also covers the solar tracking mechanical structure together with the associated electronic circuits.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; Sun; microcontrollers; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; tracking; Sun; dual axis solar tracker; electronic circuits; latitude location; microcontroller based solar tracking system; solar maps; solar tracking mechanical structure; Accuracy; Azimuth; DC motors; Global Positioning System; Servomotors; Sun; Tracking; dual-axis; microcontroller; servo motor; solar maps; sun position algorithm; sun tracker;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computing, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICCEEE), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Khartoum
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6231-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCEEE.2013.6634025
  • Filename
    6634025