Design of Solar Tracker Based on Square Structure and Camera Device

Abstract:

Solar tracker is an important part of photovoltaic generation and solar heating system. By solar tracker, the efficiency of solar utility can be significantly improved. Considering the camera device is widely applied in the photovoltaic generation and solar heating systems, based on the visual motoring equipment, a kind of solar tracker is designed. Using the proposed solar tracker, the height and the angle of the sun can be detected and be applied in solar tracker controller. Experiments show this design has relatively high accurate rate during a week’s period while the weather are partly cloudy or clear. It shows good application future in photovoltaic generation and solar heating industries.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 672-674)
• Pages: 105-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.672-674.105
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Yan Liu*, Jian Liu, Ying Wei Song, De Wei Zhao, Lin Zhao, Zhuo Ran Song, Li Di Wang
• Keywords: Camera, Distributed Generation (DG), Solar Tracker, Square Structure

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