Enhanced energy conversion performance of Philippine photovoltaic panels through tilt angle adjustments: A mechatronics approach
This study focuses on improving the energy conversion performance of photovoltaic panels in the Philippines with monthly and quarterly tilt angle adjustments. The study employs a mechatronic approach to verify the performance of PV systems. A mathematical model is used to estimate the daily extrate...
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Animo Repository
2014
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| Online Access: | https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13120 |
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| Institution: | De La Salle University |
| Summary: | This study focuses on improving the energy conversion performance of photovoltaic panels in the Philippines with monthly and quarterly tilt angle adjustments. The study employs a mechatronic approach to verify the performance of PV systems. A mathematical model is used to estimate the daily extraterrestrial radiation received by a unit area in order to generate the optimal PV tilt angles in the Philippines. The simulation results proves that it is worth changing the tilt angle of a PV panel facing true south on a monthly and quarterly basis in order to achieve significant irradiance gains over panels fixed at the computed optimal year tilt. Experimental results show that energy gains of up to 10% over a year period could be achieved using this technique. |
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