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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011)

Published: May 31, 2011

Pages: 64-68

Original Article

Design and implementation of Smart Relay Based Two-axis Sun Tracking System

Dr. jawad Radhi Mahmood 1 Haider Muhammed
1Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
History
  • Received: March 31, 2011
  • Available Online: May 31, 2011
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.7.1.12

Abstract

Solar power is environment friendly power source, but it is characterized by being highly dependent on the irradiation level witch is function of the sun position in the sky. To overcome this situation and extract maximum power from the sun, the PV array must be kept nearly perpendicular to the sun during the daytime. In this paper, a smart relay based sun tracking system has been designed and implemented to keep the PV array perpendicular to the sun during the day hours.

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