Performance Analysis of Designed and Implementation Dual-Axis Solar Tracker with Monitoring System

Abstract

Renewable energy has been the prime focus in recent times for mitigating the ever-rising energy demand. Because renewable energy doesn’t emit carbon into the environment, it is considered the cleanest form of energy source. Solar energy has always been the most popular renewable energy source in our country for its geological advantages. Solar cells need to use sunshine as effectively as possible. The continuous change in the relative angle of the sun concerning the earth reduces the watts delivered by the solar panel. At present, fixed arrangement of solar panels is used to harvest solar energy from the sun, which only receives few amount of its effectiveness from the sun because it encounters the sun for a limited period of time per day. In this context, the solar tracking system is the best alternative to increase the efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) panel. Solar trackers move the payload toward the sun throughout the day. In this paper, we suggested a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) based dual-axis solar tracking system to increase tracking movements as well as PV energy production by leveraging the benefits of sun radiation.