PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT STUDY OF PV CELL WITH SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM

Abstract

Solar photovoltaic energy is free, environmentally clean
and it is considered as one of the most promising
alternative sources of energy. The increase percentage of
the output of panel and discharge differ with the solar
radiation along daytime. The objective of this study is to
generate maximum power by tracking the sun throughout
the day. This paper deals with program, construction and
to design solar tracking system with reflecting mirror
using a stepper motor and microcontroller named Arduino
system to increase the efficiency of solar photovoltaic
(PV) panel. The efficiency of 12.86% and 10.14% are
recorded for panel with and without mirror respectively.
The application of mirror is an efficient and an effective
way to enhance the performance of solar photovoltaic cell
with the same panel area.