Research Article
Energy Efficient Hybrid Dual Axis Solar Tracking System
Table 3
Power values of static and tracking panel and the corresponding power gain by tracking panel over static panel at different times in a day.
| Time (hour) | Static panel | Hybrid tracking panel | Continuous tracking panel | Power gain by hybrid tracking system over static panel | Power gain by continuous tracking system over static panel | Power gain by continuous tracking system over hybrid tracking system | Power (watt) | Power (watt) | Power (watt) | % | % | % |
| 7:30 | 0.8602 | 1.3294 | 1.5048 | 35.29412 | 42.83626 | 11.65603 | 8:00 | 1.0948 | 1.6422 | 1.8216 | 33.33333 | 39.89899 | 11.65603 | 8:30 | 1.7226 | 1.8792 | 1.896 | 8.333333 | 9.14557 | 9.848485 | 9:00 | 2.133 | 2.72 | 2.8 | 21.58088 | 23.82143 | 0.886076 | 9:30 | 2.7755 | 3.1122 | 3.1122 | 10.81871 | 10.81871 | 2.857143 | 10:00 | 3.0888 | 3.2472 | 3.2472 | 4.878049 | 4.878049 | 0 | 10:30 | 3.2308 | 3.4056 | 3.4056 | 5.132723 | 5.132723 | 0 | 11:00 | 3.546 | 3.546 | 3.546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 | 3.6248 | 3.6248 | 3.6248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 3.6248 | 3.7824 | 3.7824 | 4.166667 | 4.166667 | 0 | 12:30 | 3.7036 | 3.7824 | 3.94 | 2.083333 | 12.2449 | 0 | 13:00 | 3.3884 | 3.7824 | 3.8612 | 10.41667 | 12.2449 | 4 | 13:30 | 3.108 | 3.6707 | 3.7488 | 15.3295 | 17.09347 | 2.040816 | 14:00 | 2.5707 | 3.5235 | 3.6478 | 27.04129 | 29.52739 | 2.083333 | 14:30 | 2.0046 | 3.3924 | 3.4452 | 40.90909 | 41.8147 | 3.407533 | 15:00 | 1.3734 | 2.8712 | 2.923 | 52.16634 | 53.01403 | 1.532567 | 15:30 | 1.0556 | 2.387 | 2.4366 | 55.77713 | 56.67734 | 1.772152 | 16:00 | 0.8272 | 1.9325 | 2.0436 | 57.19534 | 59.52241 | 2.035623 | 16:30 | 0.6669 | 1.4649 | 1.542 | 54.47471 | 56.75097 | 5.436485 | 17:00 | 0.5173 | 0.9945 | 1.1565 | 47.98391 | 55.27021 | 5 | 17:30 | 0.2932 | 0.6 | 0.764 | 51.13333 | 61.62304 | 14.00778 |
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