Recent Trend of Solar Tracking System for Electric Power Conversion

Abstract:

In this article, we simply design the solar tracking system and construct a solar collector system for year 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The analytical model is calculated via altitudes and azimuth angles of the sun. Our experimental result is agreement well with the calculation in terms of altitude and azimuth. This solar tracking system is therefore applied to a dish solar collector showing the thermal energy of 961.69 W at a maximum temperature of 543.3K with a maximum electric power of 3.395W from our thermoelectric modules.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 835)
• Pages: 731-736
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.835.731
• Online since: May 2016
• Authors: Sarai Lekchaum, Kitsakorn Locharoenrat*
• Keywords: Altitude, Analemma, Azimuth, Solar Tracker, Thermal Energy

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