Dual Axis Solar Hunter

Abstract

The use of an extremely moveable, economical solar hunter may be terribly helpful to applications of the military, industrial, or residential selection. To supply associate economical star generation system, a scaled down dual-axis star hunter was designed, designed and tested. At most, the solar hunter was perpendicular to the sunshine supply among 3 degree. The goal of this thesis was to develop a laboratory epitome of a solar pursuit system, that in an exceedingly position is ready} to boost the performance of the electrical phenomenon modules in an alternative energy system. The operative principle of the device is to stay the electrical phenomenon modules perpetually aligned with the sunbeams, that maximizes the exposure of solar array to the Sun’s radiation. As a result, a lot of output power may be created by the solar array. The work of the project enclosed hardware style and implementation, in conjunction with software package programming for the microcontroller unit of the solar hunter. The system uses ATMEGA328P microcontroller and L298N motor driver to control both motors, both of which controllers rotate panel in two axes and the top of the solar panel four IR sensors are installed. The movement of the panel takes place in the same way that the signal is received from the four IR sensors; a purposeful solar pursuit system was designed and enforced. It absolutely was able to keep the solar array aligned with the sun, or any source of illumination repetitively. Design of the solar hunter from this project is additionally a reference and a start line for the event of a lot of advanced systems within the future.