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1、SolarTrackerDavidCrowe,JeffMcCormick,JoelMitchell,ThomasStratton,JeffSchwaneDecember15,2005DukeUniversitySmartHousePrattSchoolofEngineeringAbstractTheSolarTrackerteamwasformedinthefallof2005fromfivestudentsinanMEdesignteam,andaSmartHouseliaison.Wecontinuedthewo
2、rkofaprevioussolartrackergroup.Thetaskwastodesignaprototypetrackingdevicetoalignsolarpanelsoptimallytothesunasitmovesoverthecourseoftheday.TheimplementationofsuchasystemdramaticallyincreasestheefficiencyofsolarpanelsusedtopowertheSmartHouse.Thisreportexaminesth
3、eprocessofdesigningandconstructingtheprototype,theexperiencesandproblemsencountered,andsuggestionsforcontinuingtheproject.1.IntroductionSolartrackingistheprocessofvaryingtheangleofsolarpanelsandcollectorstotakeadvantageofthefullamountofthesun’senergy.Thisisdone
4、byrotatingpanelstobeperpendiculartothesun’sangleofincidence.Initialtestsinindustrysuggestthatthisprocesscanincreasetheefficiencyofasolarpowersystembyupto50%.Giventhosegains,itisanattractivewaytoenhanceanexistingsolarpowersystem.Thegoalistobuildarigthatwillaccom
5、plishthesolartrackingandrealizethemaximumincreaseinefficiency.Theultimategoalisthattheprojectwillbecosteffective–thatis,thegainsreceivedbyincreasedefficiencywillmorethanoffsettheonetimecostofdevelopingtherigovertime.Inadditiontothefunctionalgoals,theSmartHouses
6、etforththeotherfollowinggoalsforourproject:itmustnotdrawexternalpower(self-sustaining),itmustbeaestheticallypleasing,anditmustbeweatherproof.Thedesignofoursolartrackerconsistsofthreecomponents:theframe,thesensor,andthedrivesystem.Eachwascarefullyreviewedandtest
7、ed,institutingchangesandimprovementsalongthedesignprocess.Theframeforthetrackerisanaluminum-16-prismaticframesuppliedbytheprevioussolartrackinggroup.Itutilizesan‘A-frame’designwiththerotatingaxleinthemiddle.Attachedtothebottomofthissquarechannelaxleistheplatfor
8、mwhichwillhousethemainsolarcollectingpanels.Theframeitselfisatanangletodirectthepanelstowardthesun(alongwiththeinclinationoftheroof).Itsrotationtracksthesunfromeasttowestdur