Automatic Solar Tracking System April 2016

GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE

NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, K.R.CIRCLE, BANGALORE-01

A PROJECT REPORT ON

AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKER

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, ELECTRONICS.

PRESCRIBED BY BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

SUBMITTED BY

LAVKUSH REG.NO 13ASS82133

MAHESH KUMAR N.R REG.NO 13ASS82134

SUSHMITHA .K REG.NO 13ASS82155

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Dr. RAVIKOLARKAR.G

H.O.D of Electronics

(Department of Electronics)

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GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE

NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, K.R.CIRCLE, BANGALORE-01

Department of Electronics

Phone no. 080-22212924

Website: www.gscblr.kar.nic.in

Email: gscblr@gmail.com

NAAC Re-Accredited A grade

UGC recognized college with potential for excellence

CETIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKER carried out by
LAVKUSH (13ASS82133), MAHESH KUMAR N.R (13ASS82134) and SUSHMITHA
(13ASS82155).

Bonafied student of GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE in partial fulfillment for the award of
Bachelor of Science in Physics, mathematics and Electronics prescribed by The Bangalore
University , during the

Academic year 2015-2016. The project report has been approved as it satisfies the
academic requirement in respect of project work for the said degree.

Signature of Guide Seal & Signature of the HOD

Dr. Ravikolarkar .G

Prof. Mary DSouza Dr. RAVIKOLARKAR.G

(Department of Electronics) (Department of Electronics)

Name of the Examiners

1.

2.. Signature with date

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GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE

NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, K.R.CIRCLE, BANGALORE-01

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We would like to express our profound gratitude to Dr. M N Nagaraja

Principal, GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE, Bangalore for permitting us to

carry out the project work for BSc 6th semester Electronics.

We are grateful to Dr. Ravikolarkar G, Head of the department of Electronics,

GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE Bangalore for his valuable suggestion and
continuous support to carry out the project work

Last but not least we express our gratitude to our parents and all our friends
who helped for the successful completion of the project.

- Lavkush
- Mahesh Kumar
- Sushmitha

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CONTENTS

Chapters Page no

1. Introduction 01
2. Overview of Solar tracking system 09
3. Functioning of Solar tracking system 22
4. Observations and Result 27
5. Application, future scope and limitation 30
6. Conclusion 35
7. Program of Automatic Solar tracker system. 36
8. Flow charts for the Automatic Solar Tracker system 38
9. Bibliography 40

Images of project

Requirement list

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Abstract

Renewable energy is rapidly gaining importance as an energy resource as

fossil fuel prices fluctuate. At the educational level, it is therefore critical for
engineering and technology students to have an understanding and
appreciation of the technologies associated with renewable energy. One of the
most popular renewable energy sources is solar energy. This project describes
tracking of solar energy using microcontroller based solar panel tracking
system. Solar tracking enables more energy to be generated because the solar
panel is able to maintain a perpendicular profile to the suns rays.

This method of power generation is simple and is taken from natural

resources. This needs only maximum sunlight to generate power. This project
helps for power generation by setting the equipment to get maximum sunlight
automatically. When there is decrease in intensity of light, the system
automatically changes its direction to get maximum intensity of light.

As the sun moves across the sky during the day, it is advantageous to have
the solar panels track the location of the sun, such that the panels are always
perpendicular to the solar energy radiated by the sun. This will tend to
maximize the amount of power radiated by the sun. It has been estimated that
the use of tracking system, over a fixed system, can increase the power output
by 30% - 60%.

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