KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

ABSTRACT PRESENTATION REPORT

BATCH .NO:06
TITLE: OPTIMAL POWER GENERATION BY SMART SOLAR TRACKING USING
ARDUINO UNO.

THEME: The aim of the project is to increase the efficiency of a solar panel by effectively
utilizing the most abundantly available solar energy which is the future source of power
generation.

ABSTRACT: Sun is an abundant source of energy and this solar energy can be harnessed
successfully using solar photovoltaic cells and photovoltaic effect to convert solar energy
into electrical energy. But the conversion efficiency of a normal PV cell is low. One of
the main reason for this is that the output of PV cell is dependent directly on the light
intensity and with the position of the sun in the sky changing continuously from time to
time; the absorption efficiency of an immobile solar panel would be significantly less at
certain time of the day and year; for the solar photovoltaic cells are maximum productive
when they are perpendicular to the sun and less productive otherwise. So to maximize the
energy generation and improve the efficiency; solar trackers come into play.
Light Dependent Resistors to sense the position of the sun which is communicated
to a Arduino Uno microcontroller which then commands a set of two servo- motors to re-
orient the panel in order to stay perpendicular to the sun.

S.NO TIME SCHEDULE ACTIVITY

1. July 2017- Aug 2017 Literature survey and problem definition
2. Aug 2017 - Sept 2017 Modeling of Tracking circuit
4. Sept 2017 - Nov 2017 Assembling of Hardware Circuitry
5. Nov 2017 - Dec 2017 Programming the arduino controller
6. Dec 2017 - Feb 2018 results extraction
7. Feb 2018 - Mar 2018 Analysis and report preparation

REFERENCES:
[1]. Zolkapli; M,AI-Junid S. A.; Othman Z; Manut; Mohd Zulkitli M. "High Efficiency
Dual-Axis Solar Tracking Development using Arduino"; 2013 International Conference
on Technology,lnformatics; Management; Engineering & Environment (TIME-E 2013)
Bandung; Indonesia; June 23-26,2013.
[2]. Arduino based low cost active dual axis solar tracker Tarlochan Kaur; Shraiya
Mahajan; Shilpa Verma; Priyanka; Jaimala Gambhir 2016 IEEE 1st International
Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES)
[3]. B. Subudhi and R. Pradhan, A Comparative Study on Maximum Power Point
Tracking Techniques for Photovoltaic Power Systems, IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy,
vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 89-98, Jan. 2013.
[4]. S. Ozcelik; H. Prakash; R. Challoo; "Two-Axis Solar Tracker Analysis and Control
for Maximum Power Generation; "Computer Science; vol. 6; pp. 457-462,20 II.
[5]. Krauter; Stefan; "Solar Electrical Power G eneration: Photovoltaic Energy Systems";
Spinger; 2006
[6]. N. Mohammad; T. Karim; "Design and Implementation of Hybrid Automatic Solar-
Tracking System," Solar Energy Engineering; vol. 135; pp. 11-15,2013.
[7]. [6] AYazidi, F. Betin, G. Notton & G. A Capolino, July 2006, "Low cost two-axis
solar tracker with high precision positioning", Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Environment, Identities & Mediterranean Area (ISEIM'2006), July 10-13
2006, Corte-Ajaccio (France), pp.211-216.

PROJECT GUIDE:

Sri P.NAGARJUNA REDDY

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF EEE

PROJECT TEAM:

N.VIJAY KRISHNA. (B14EE082)

P.AJAY. (B14EE076)
CH.SHRAVAN KUMAR. (B15EE140L)
K.SRIVARDHAN. (B14EE083)