Design and construction of an automatic solar tracking system

ICECE 2010 - 6th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 326-329

  Khan, Md Tanvir Arafat ^a   Tanzil, S M Shahrear ^a   Rahman, Rifat ^a   Alam, S M Shafiul ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Microcontroller; Photo resistor; Photovoltaic cell; Solar tracking; Stepper motor

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKERS; CONTROLLING SYSTEM; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY CRISIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LIGHT DEPENDENT RESISTOR; MICROCONTROLLER BASED DESIGN; PRECISE CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR TRACKER; SOLAR TRACKING; SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS; STEPPER MOTOR;

CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; MICROCONTROLLERS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RESISTORS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEPPING MOTORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79951801479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELCE.2010.5700694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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