Single Axis Solar Tracking System Design

The axis of rotation for horizontal single axis tracker is horizontal with respect to the ground.

Single axis solar tracking system design.

A design of single axis sun tracking system. This type of solar tracker is most appropriate for low latitude regions. The posts at either end of the axis of rotation of a horizontal single axis tracker can be shared between trackers to lower the installation cost. A single axis solar tracking system uses a tilted pv panel mount and one electric motor to move the panel on an approximate trajectory relative to the sun s position.

Those features combined with proven cost effective installation and operation have driven soltec and sf7 to the top tier globally. The innovative sunflower ii design from rbi solar is not bound by the limitations of other commercial single axis tracker systems. With single axis so lar tracker and solar pa nel with dual axis s olar tracker. 3 these tracking systems all face due south and their rotation axes are emphasized by dotted lines in fig.

Because solar tracking implies moving parts and control systems that tend to be expensive single axis tracking systems seem to be the best solution for small pv power plants. Accommodating variable slope tolerances and having adjustable row lengths up to 120 modules allows this system the flexibility to adapt to a variety of site conditions that used to impact tracker designs. Topo engineering design optimization service proprietary topo analysis software reduces grading costs. The proposed tr axis tracking is compared with four types of existing single axis tracking systems which are ns axis ew axis v axis and iew axis tracking as shown in fig.

A low cost prototype dual axis solar tracking system is proposed in this study. The deta iled descriptio n along with the c ollected data sets on this experiment is available at the appe ndix. 3 the tracking mathematic expressions are presented in table 2 the predicted radiation model mentioned above for.