Remote sun tracing and solar energy generation system

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 2020; no. 1; pp. 12043 - 12049
• Main Authors: Huang, W C, Chiu, M C, Yeh, L J, Yeh, L M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.09.2021
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2020/1/012043

Abstract This paper aims to generate the most electricity on a solar board. A hemisphere suntracing-module composed of small solar boards is established. According to the electrical voltages of the small solar boards, the coordinates (angles) of the solar board with maximal electrical voltage will be recognized by the server port. With this, the server port will send the information to the client ports (the solar energy generation stations) via the internet. The client ports that wirelessly (with Wi-Fi module) connect to the individual microcontroller will direct the microcontroller to trigger two step motors to rotate to the related coordinates. All the main solar boards will be simultaneously adjusted to the best direction to generate the maximal solar electricity. The generated electricity will be stored in the related storage battery. For every time interval, the new coordinate will be recognized by the sun tracing module and then forwarded to the solar energy generation stations. The time interval can be predetermined on the server port.