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TheSunTracker,Reloaded
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So,finallyIgotsometimeandinternetconnectiontoupdatemy
blogaftersuchalongtime.Actually,Ijustjoinedcollegeand
movedtocity,soIneededsometimetosettledown.

Movingon!
RemembertheSunTrackerProjectImadeashighschoolproject
whichwonme2nationalawards?
WellnowIthoughtofworkingonitfurtherandsubmitanother
projectreporttoIndianInstituteofScience(IISc)Scholarship
programforundergraduatestudents.Earlierprojectreportwas
justaplainol'MSWorddocumentmadeonaborrowed
computer,butthistimeIhadmyownlaptopandgood
knowledgeofgraphicdesigningandanimationtoworkwith.So
naturally,thistimeitwasavisualdelighttogothroughthe
report.HopethatadmissionofficersatIIScalsosaythesame)

Here,I'llprovidesomedataIcollectedwiththeworkingmodel
andsomeillustrationsshowingthedesign,structureandcircuit
diagramofthemodel.

Thebasicconceptonwhichtheelectroniccircuitworksisas
shownbelow

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Whenthetwooppositelyplacedsensorsareequallyexposed,

thetrackerisinstablestatei.e.notrotating.Butwhenone
comesundershadowitsignalsthecircuittorotatethepanel. Tellmeabout...

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Andthisisanimageshowingthebasic,verycheapand
fundamentalcircuitdesignusedinaSunTracker.WhattheICin
thiscircuitdoesistosubtractthetwovaluesofvoltageat License
oppositelyplacedsensorsonthesensorboard,hereS1&S2.
Differenceofthevoltageswithsomecurrentamplificationis
whatisusedtodrivethemotor.AndthemotorisabasicDC
ThisworkislicensedunderaCreative
typesothatwhentheoutputvoltage(aftersubtractionbyIC)is
CommonsAttributionShareAlike2.5
positivethemotorrotatesclockwiseandwhentheoutputis
License.
negativethemotorrotatesintheoppositesense.
For2axisrotationtwoofthecircuitsarerequiredwith2
motors,orasinglemotorwithadividinggear.S3andS4are
partofthe2ndcircuit.

emailmeformoreinfoonthisproject.Ifyouknow
anythingaboutSunTrackerspleasetakesometimeto
shareitwithme.Thanks!Myemailaddress:
mridul(dot)nangal(at)gmail.com

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4comments:

Rajeshsaid...

HiMridul,
Itsgreattoseethekindofcoolstuffyouare
building.Ihavea1.8kWsolarpowersystemonmy
roofandwantedtobuildatrackerforit.Iamnot
keenonanyelectronicsormotorsforthis(even
thoughIamanhandsonelectronicsengineer:),I
amlookingtobuildaverysimplelowmaintainence
systemusingabucketofwaterandafixedcounter
weight.Sobasically,onesideofthepanelswill
haveafixedweightwhichissufficienttorotatethe
panelononeaxis.Thesideofthepanelswillhavea
bucketwithaholeatthebottomandfilledwith
water.Iwouldresetthesystemtofaceeastards
everydaymorningandthenandthenletittrackas
thewaterlevelreducesinthebucket.
Anythoughtsonthis??Myemailis
rajeshpt@yahoo.com.

Thanks,
Rajesh

Friday,October27,2006
MridulKashatriasaid...

HelloRajesh,
Thanksfortheappreciation!
OhWow!youhave1.8kWsolarpower.That's
amazing.
Yes,makingatrackerfortheinstallationwould
surelyhelp.TheideaisgoodbutIhavedoubts
evenifyouaremakingabucketweightkinda
system,you'llhavetoputthepanelonanaxis,and
thattakes60%ofworkoutofanelectronictracker.

Anyway,ifyouarekeentodevelopamanual
system,whichisakindofseesaw,haveyoudone

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calculations?Waterlevelinthebucketwillnot
reducelinearlybecausethatdependsuponthe
heightofwaterlevelinthebucket,asit'lldecrease
gradually,amountofwatercomingoutwillreduce
perunittime.Andthatmeansweightlossfromthe
bucketisnotlinear,whichwillmisalignthepanel
gradually.Abetteroptionwouldbe'gainofweight'
ratherthanreducing.Placethebucketundera
waterpipewithacontrolvalvethatregulatesthe
flow(insimplewords,atap)andletwaterdripinto
thebucketcontinously,thiswillensurelinear
variationofweightofbucketwhichyoucanuse.

ButasI'llsuggest,ifyoudontwanttomake
electroniccircuit,attachasimplelowspeedDC
motorwithsomegearsandfeedcontrolledamount
ofcurrenttothemotorsothatitrotates
continously,withouttheneedforcomplex
(relatively)sensingmechanism.

Goodluck,andtellmemoreaboutthe1.8kW
system,wheredidyougetitandwhatyoudowith
itandhowmuchitcostsetcetc.

BestRegards,
MridulKashatria

Sunday,October29,2006
john.arbonsaid...

Ihopeyouarestillmonitoringthissite!

I'mbuildingsomeparabolicsolartroughsfor
heatingandhavebeenlookingatwaysofbuildinga
2axissolartrackingdevice.

WhatIaminterestedinknowing,aresomemore
detailsonthatschematic.

1)Whatistheohmsofthoseresistors?

2)Whattypeofsensorsarethose?(couldyoube
morespecific?)

3)Arealltransistorscreatedequally?Ifnot,what
typedidyouuse?

4)CanIgetthesepartsatRadioShack,ordoI
needamorespecializedstore?

Thankssomuch!

John

Saturday,June02,2007
Watsonsaid...

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HiSir
Youhavegreatworkinyourblog.
Keepitup.
Youknow?Youcanbuildasinglesolarpaneloryou
canbuildanentirearrayofpanelstopoweryour
wholehouse.

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