Improving energy efficiency of solar panels

Abstract

This article is about a photovoltaic power plant built at the Korean side's expense, equipped with Korean-made solar panels, and where the author conducted scientific and practical research. The study used a scientific-practical, observational, comparative measuring method. All solar panel trackers were set at 30° degrees and not equipped with a sun tracking system, except for only one solar panel. The tracker of the TOP SUN module has a manual tracking system for the Sun, in which a person has to manually changes position from 15° to 45° degrees depending on the seasons. Thanks to the authors, a solar tracker has been developed to improve the efficiency of solar panels, which has a sun tracking system and low energy consumption, which is a key aspect. During the day, the solar panel parameters with and without a tracking system for the Sun were obtained; also, their power was calculated, and for comparison, a graph of the power difference was plotted. On average, a solar panel with a solar tracking system generates 30 % more energy than a solar panel without a tracking system.