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Development of Image sensor based automatic sun tracking system  

Kim, Se Yoon (군산대학교 전자정보공학부)
An, Seo Kil (군산대학교 전자정보공학부)
Kim, Sung Ho (군산대학교 제어로봇공학과)
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Smart Media Journal / v.3, no.1, 2014 , pp. 22-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, domestic energy environment is facing new challenges owing to the depletion of fossil fuel such as oil. Renewable energy resources including solar and wind energy are attracting more interests than ever before. However, solar power system is costly in comparison with the conventional power generation systems and also the energy density is low. Furthermore, large area is required in order to install solar power system. Generally, performance of solar power system is affected by weather conditions and alignment of sun and the solar cell modules. In this study, a new type of sun tracking system for solar power system is proposed. To verify the feasibility of the proposed system, actual implementation of prototype system and experiments are carried out.
Keywords
Sun Tracking; Image sensor; Solar Power; Renewable energy;
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