Solar tracker supervisory system

Author

Stepanov, Andrew ; Sokolovs, Alvis ; Dzelzkaleja, Laura

Author_Institution

Riga Tech. Univ., Riga, Latvia

fYear

2014

fDate

14-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

83

Abstract

Most of the solar trackers do not have any feedback of their position, so the only possibility to check real position is visual inspection. This paper describes a device that can be used to supervise solar trackers and in the case of faulty operations it sends alarm. The main task was to develop the device easy in implementation. The device implementation does not assume a rebuilding of solar tracker construction. It has to be stuck to back side of photovoltaic panel. An accelerometer in couple with magnetometer is used to measure real position of panel, and microcontroller checks the correctness of the position.

Keywords

magnetometers; microcontrollers; position measurement; power generation faults; power generation reliability; solar cells; accelerometer; faulty operation; magnetometer; microcontroller; photovoltaic panel position measurement; position correctness; solar tracker supervisory system; visual inspection; Accelerometers; Educational institutions; Magnetometers; Microcontrollers; Photovoltaic systems; Voltage measurement; Accelerometer; Magnetometer; Solar tracker; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON), 2014 55th International Scientific Conference on

Conference_Location

Riga

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTUCON.2014.6998211

Filename

6998211