Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker

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Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiro
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14573
Resumo: In the last few years we have witnessed the growth in the awareness relative to the effects of the climate change and global warming in the human life. The effects of extreme weather phenomenons are becoming more devastating. However we have also seen an increase in the consumer awareness relatively to the sources of the energy that they use. There is also an increase in the awareness from the power suppliers about the energy sources that they provide to their costumers. Nations that some years ago stood almost alone in defiance of the Kyoto protocol are now implementing programs that aim the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, namely the United States of America. With this objective, the investment in cleaner energy sources has increased considerably, both in research and in the creation of huge solar/eolian parks capable of producing large amounts of energy. However the prohibitive prices of the solar panels or of the solar trackers impedes the consumer of getting the return of the investment in a satisfactory time reducing the adherence to this kind of solutions. With this problem in our minds, the objective of this master dissertation is to aim for a reduction in the associated cost of the solar tracker solution by implementing new hardware and software capable of performing satisfactorily while being cheaper than the commercial solutions available. This aims to ally the bigger efficiency of the solar tracker solution (two axis) with a new control method free of proprietary solutions that do not increase value, only burden the consumer and thus halting the adoption of this kind of technology.
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spelling Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar trackerEngenharia electrónicaEnergia fotovoltaicaEnergias renováveisPainéis solaresIn the last few years we have witnessed the growth in the awareness relative to the effects of the climate change and global warming in the human life. The effects of extreme weather phenomenons are becoming more devastating. However we have also seen an increase in the consumer awareness relatively to the sources of the energy that they use. There is also an increase in the awareness from the power suppliers about the energy sources that they provide to their costumers. Nations that some years ago stood almost alone in defiance of the Kyoto protocol are now implementing programs that aim the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, namely the United States of America. With this objective, the investment in cleaner energy sources has increased considerably, both in research and in the creation of huge solar/eolian parks capable of producing large amounts of energy. However the prohibitive prices of the solar panels or of the solar trackers impedes the consumer of getting the return of the investment in a satisfactory time reducing the adherence to this kind of solutions. With this problem in our minds, the objective of this master dissertation is to aim for a reduction in the associated cost of the solar tracker solution by implementing new hardware and software capable of performing satisfactorily while being cheaper than the commercial solutions available. This aims to ally the bigger efficiency of the solar tracker solution (two axis) with a new control method free of proprietary solutions that do not increase value, only burden the consumer and thus halting the adoption of this kind of technology.Nos últimos anos assistimos ao crescimento da preocupação relativa _as alterações climáticas e o seu impacto na vida humana. Assistimos cada vez mais a fenómenos climáticos extremos cujos efeitos são cada vez mais destrutivos e devastadores. No entanto existe uma maior consciencialização por parte dos consumidores sobre as fontes energéticas da energia que utilizam. Existe também uma maior consciencialização por parte das empresas energéticas sobre a origem das fontes energéticas que providenciam aos seus clientes. Assistimos ainda a nações que até há alguns anos se mostravam extremamente céticas acerca da influência humana nas alterações climáticas a criarem programas de redução das emissões de CO2 para a atmosfera, nomeadamente os Estados Unidos da América. Com este objectivo o investimento em energias limpas/renováveis aumentou consideravelmente, tanto na investigação como na criação de grandes parques solares e/ou éolicos. No entanto, o preço proibitivo dos painéis fotovoltaicos ou dos seguidores solares impede os consumidores de conseguirem um retorno do investimento num tempo aceitável, fazendo com que a adesão destes não seja tão grande como poderia ser possível e desejável. É com o objectivo de reduzir o custo associado aos paineis fotovoltaícos e a sua consequente democratização que esta dissertação de mestrado foi executada, aliando o maior rendimento dado pelo seguidores solares de dois eixos a um novo método de controlo livre de soluções proprietárias que não acrescentam valor e apenas oneram os consumidores.Universidade de Aveiro2015-08-26T13:46:17Z2014-01-01T00:00:00Z2014info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10773/14573TID:201590557engLopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-22T11:26:40Zoai:ria.ua.pt:10773/14573Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:50:08.275252Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
spellingShingle Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
Lopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiro
Engenharia electrónica
Energia fotovoltaica
Energias renováveis
Painéis solares
title_short Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
title_full Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
title_fullStr Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
title_full_unstemmed Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
title_sort Controller and device drivers for a two axis solar tracker
author Lopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiro
author_facet Lopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiro
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lopes, Renato Filipe Ribeiro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Engenharia electrónica
Energia fotovoltaica
Energias renováveis
Painéis solares
topic Engenharia electrónica
Energia fotovoltaica
Energias renováveis
Painéis solares
description In the last few years we have witnessed the growth in the awareness relative to the effects of the climate change and global warming in the human life. The effects of extreme weather phenomenons are becoming more devastating. However we have also seen an increase in the consumer awareness relatively to the sources of the energy that they use. There is also an increase in the awareness from the power suppliers about the energy sources that they provide to their costumers. Nations that some years ago stood almost alone in defiance of the Kyoto protocol are now implementing programs that aim the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, namely the United States of America. With this objective, the investment in cleaner energy sources has increased considerably, both in research and in the creation of huge solar/eolian parks capable of producing large amounts of energy. However the prohibitive prices of the solar panels or of the solar trackers impedes the consumer of getting the return of the investment in a satisfactory time reducing the adherence to this kind of solutions. With this problem in our minds, the objective of this master dissertation is to aim for a reduction in the associated cost of the solar tracker solution by implementing new hardware and software capable of performing satisfactorily while being cheaper than the commercial solutions available. This aims to ally the bigger efficiency of the solar tracker solution (two axis) with a new control method free of proprietary solutions that do not increase value, only burden the consumer and thus halting the adoption of this kind of technology.
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