CdS-LDR Optimization in Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System with NPC Multilevel Inverter for Electric Vehicle Application
摘要
This chapter gives an idea to implementation and design a dual-axis solar tracker using light dependent resistor, 3-phase Neutral Point Clamped multilevel inverter, IR2110 switch gate driver, Arduino Uno, motor driver, PIC microcontroller generating pulse width modulation signals, ULN2003 motor driver, 12 V Permanent Magnet DC motors, and a buck-boost converter. In addition, the project utilized the tracker’s design, Lambert’s cosine law, and the inverse square law. The dual-axis solar tracker was designed to improve the efficiency of solar panels by tracking the sun’s movement. The light-dependent resistors were used to measure the intensity of light falling on the solar panel, and the 3-phase NPC multilevel inverter, IR2110 switch gate driver, and buck-boost converter were used to control the motors’ speed and direction. The PIC microcontroller generated signals used to control the motors’ speed. The novelty of this dual-axis solar tracker lies in the use of advanced technologies such as LDRs, 3-phase Neutral Point Clamped multilevel inverter, IR2110 gate driver, Arduino Uno, motor driver, PIC microcontroller generating PWM signals, and buck-boost converter. The proposed system gives a dual-axis solar tracker that significantly improves the efficiency of the solar panel.