Automatic Solar Panel Guide System

Bal Krishna Nagla Project GuideMandeep Rana Project GuideSanjeev Kumar Project LeaderVinay Kumar Pandey Team MemberRohit Kumar Team MemberKailash Pati Dubey Team MemberChandan Kumar Team Member

A Team Effort From The Students Of College Of Engg. & Mgmt

Kapurthala.

Automatic Solar Panel Guide System

You may have seen the Sunflower which always faces towards the sun.

Our project is based on the same theme of this natural phenomena.

And our project is a attempt to recreate that effect with the help of sensors, microcontroller and gear DC motors.

The problem of energy crisis can be solved by developing ways to harness renewable sources of energy.

The most cheap and widely available source of energy is THE SUN and an efficient way to utilize sun`s energy is the use of solar panels.

The Traditional Way

The traditional solar cells are purely dependent on the initial placement of the solar panel.

Automatic Solar Panel Guide System

This is a automatic mechanism developed in order to increase the efficiency of existing solar energy harnessing system

How ASPGS works

DFD

Working

This is a microcontroller based automatic system that is capable of making intelligent decisions and guiding the solar panel towards the sun by the joint action taken by the sensors, microcontroller and geared DC motors.

Classification

The project is mainly divided into two modulesDetection moduleOperation module

Detection ModuleDetection module consists of a triangle in which two sensors are mounted and

In the same way vertical sensing system finds the vertical co-ordinates.

The panel is moved vertically according to the instructions given by the M/c.

Operation module

Animation

As the fig above signifies the sun tracking panel is proving to be advantageous and is utilizing the sun`s energy more intelligently.

The result

Future Enhancements

As the sun is assumed to be at infinite distance, more then one solar panels can be attached with only one detection module.

It can be used on the satellites in space to prevent solar blackouts.