| Title |
A Design of the Solar Tracker for LED Streetlight in Using Solar Cell |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2013.27.12.001 |
| Keywords |
MPPT ; Tracker ; LED Streetlight ; Azimuth ; Altitude |
| Abstract |
A standalone LED lighting system in using solar energy has been used usually less than 70W of lighting power because of a troublesome installation and maintenance. In this system, as more and more LED lighting power increases, the capacity of photovoltaic panel does proportionally, and to improve the charging efficiency of solar energy, MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) techniques is used frequently, but the solar tracker is not. In this paper, a solar tracker which traces the light of the sun in varying hour to hour is studied to apply to the standalone LED lighting system. This solar tracker consists of twin axis for tracing the azimuth and altitude respectively, and it has a robust structure with safe mode to stand a strong wind. As a result of analysis, generating efficiency of the traced type has improved on the fixed one 28.84% on average. |