| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 184, 2018
Annual Session of Scientific Papers IMT ORADEA 2018
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| Article Number | 01002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Mechanical Engineering and Automotive | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201818401002 | |
| Published online | 31 July 2018 | |
Optimizing the control system of a single-axis sun tracking mechanism
Transilvania University of Braşov, Product Design, Mechatronics and Environment Department, 500036 Braşov, Romania
* Corresponding author : calex@unitbv.ro
The work shows the optimization of the control system for the single-axis solar tracker that equips a solar panel, with the aim to increase the energetic efficiency of the system by maximizing the quantity of incident solar radiation that is captured - absorbed by the panel. The single-axis solar tracker is driven by a linear actuator, the optimization study intending to determine the optimal configuration (in terms of tuning factors) of the controller, which is a PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) device, in order to accurately achieve the motion (tracking) law imposed on the solar panel. The solar tracker was approached as a mechatronic system, the mechanical device (developed in ADAMS - Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems) and the control system (developed in EASY5 - Engineering Analysis System) being integrated at the level of virtual prototype, in the concurrent engineering concept.
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