Experimental Assessment of a Smart Sun Tracking System Consumption for the Improvement of a Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module Performance under Variable Weather Conditions

作     者：Hyacinthe Tchakounte Claude Bertin Nzoundja Fapi Kamta, Martin Haman-Djalo Woafo, Paul 

作者机构：National School of Agro-industrial Sciences Department of Electrical Energetic and Automatic Engineering University of Ngaoundere Ngaoundere Cameroon IRIMAS Laboratory University of Haute Alsace Mulhouse68200 France Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Ngaoundere Ngaoundere Cameroon Laboratory of Modelling and Simulation in Engineering Biomimetics and Prototypes Faculty of Science University of Yaounde I Yaounde Cameroon 

出 版 物：《Applied Solar Energy (English translation of Geliotekhnika)》 (Appl Sol Energy)

年 卷 期：2019年第55卷第6期

页      面：385-396页

核心收录：

学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 080802[工学-电力系统及其自动化] 080703[工学-动力机械及工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

基　　金：The authors would like to sincerely express their gratitude to the association APSA (Association pour la Promotion Scientifique de l’Afrique) for the logistic support  and Mrs Goldha TCHAKOUNTE for technical support 

主　　题：Electric power utilization 

摘      要：Abstract: Sun tracking systems are often used to improve the performance of crystalline silicon photovoltaic plants. However, their power consumption still remains a challenge till date. In this paper, a low power consumption sun tracking system has been implemented for driving a crystalline silicon photovoltaic module under variable weather conditions. The experimental results showed that this sun follower consumes less than 1% of the increased energy. Taking into account the tracker consumption, the energy gain can attain up to 25% under the same weather conditions compared to a fixed photovoltaic system. In addition to that, results gotten from data-based simulations are coherent with experimental results. © 2019, Allerton Press, Inc.