Procedia Environmental Sciences · 2013 · 54 citations · 5 references
AgricultureMeteorologyEnergy ManagementPower ElectronicsRenewable Energy SystemsEnergy Management SystemsPhotovoltaic DevicesPower Electronics For Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolar Energy SystemsSolar Photovoltaic SystemsPhotovoltaic Energy SystemsPhotovoltaic SystemsPower ConsumptionPower Consumption ModelingPower Consumption OptimizationProgrammable Logic Controller ControlSolar Photovoltaic Power SystemsSolar Tracking Systems
This paper discusses on the generated power and the power consumption of an open-loop time and date based sun positioning solar collector system under three weather conditions; sunny and clear day, cloudy day and heavy overcast and rainy day under Malaysian tropical climate at location E100°11’, N6°26’, The two-axes tracking system used a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to maneuver a photovoltaic solar module based on 10° altitude angle tracking and 1° azimuth angle tracking. The daily percentage of power consumed during a clear and sunny day from the tracking motors and controller is 0.05% and 5.84%, respectively. Overall, the system consumed 5.89% of the total generated power.
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