The contents of this final design review (FDR) outline the progress made by a team of four mechanical engineering students at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo to solve the problem of torsional galloping in solar tracker panels since the preliminary design review. The project proposed by the sponsor, Christian Friedrich, on b...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
This work evaluates solar tracking systems in application to small-scale photovoltaic systems. To do this, these systems are divided into two subsystems: one-axis solar tracking subsystem and two-axis solar tracking subsystem. Each is explored for its suitability as a suitable technology for small-scale application, defined by meeting a set of seve...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
This work evaluates the control algorithms applied to decentralized photovoltaic solar tracking systems. For this, the control strategies are divided into three: open loop, closed loop and hybrid loop. Each strategy is screened for its suitability as a suitable technology for small-scale applications, defined by meeting a set of eleven attributes. ...
