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Solar Tracker Robot using

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Afarulrazi, A.B. ; Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia ; Utomo, W.M. ; Liew, K.L. ; Zarafi, M.

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Shortage of non-renewable fuel in the future is an upcoming global issue; therefore renewable energy
such as solar energy has gradually replaced non-renewable energy. However, the output power
provided via the photovoltaic conversion process depends on solar irradiation. The objective of this
project is to design and develop an automatic Solar Tracker Robot (STR) which is capable to track
maximum light intensity. The efficiency of the solar energy conversion can be optimized by receiving
maximum light on the solar panel. The main components of the robot consist of microcontroller namely
PIC16F877A, sensors, servo motors and digital compass. This robot is programmed to detect sunlight
by using two Light Dependent Resistors (LDR). Servo motor aligns the solar panel to receive maximum
light. Digital compass is used to detect the position of the robot. Two modified DC servo motors will
move the robot back to the original position once the robot is out of position. The robot is programmed
using MPLAB IDE v8.30. Analysis on the power conversion of solar panel is being carried out by using
Fluke 1750 power quality recorder.

Published in:
Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ICBEIA), 2011 International Conference on
Date of Conference:
5-7 June 2011
Page(s):
47 - 50

Conference Location :
Kuala Lumpur

Print ISBN:
978-1-4577-1279-1

DOI:
10.1109/ICBEIA.2011.5994256

INSPEC Accession Number:

12192612

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