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Single Axis Tracking to Enhance Power from Solar Photovoltaic Panel

Authors : K. Saravanan, C. Sharmeela

Published in: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Applications

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

As the electrical power is inevitable for all kind of work, the society concentrates on generation of electrical power from various modes. Power generation from fossil fuel is the traditional technology and it should be obsolete since it has many disadvantages like more cost, carbon emission and transport cost. Due to the above limitations the end user pays more cost as the generation cost per unit become more. Another biggest danger of using fossil fuel is raising heat of earth day by day and using fossil fuel is environmentally not viable. So our ruthless shunt should be of what the alternate for fossil fuel is and how to make lesser the unit cost of electricity. The solution is encouraging renewable energy [15]. Among the renewable energy, solar is most prominent one. It is increasingly urgent to find energy alternatives that are sustainable [68] as well as safe for environment and humanity. It is evident for utilizing the available solar energy is inevitable at this stage. Hence we are using Single axis tracking for utilizing the maximum available power from solar panel. The restructuring of the electric power is a serious move at present. Stake holders, facilitating their wide contribution in the manufacture distribution, how effectively uses the generated power. The restructuring is facilitating integration of internet technology in various aspects. As everyone aware the importance of shortage of power, people mover towards saving of power and generation of power for their need using solar panel. As the government also encourages by giving subsidy, more people come forward to install solar panels for their need. However as the position of the sun changes from time to time, it is advisable to implement a single axis tracker to minimize the cosine loss. In this way enhancing of 15 % power is possible and experimentally proven also.

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Metadata
Title
Single Axis Tracking to Enhance Power from Solar Photovoltaic Panel
Authors
K. Saravanan
C. Sharmeela
Copyright Year
2017
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1645-5_56

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