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Recent Developments and Challenges in Solar Harvesting of Photovoltaic System: A Review

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Solar energy is a green and renewable energy source which is commonly used in photovoltaic and thermal cells. Solar power systems are among the fastest developing alternatives to fossil fuels, extending to commercial and industrial applications. As the position of the sun and other significant aspects fluctuate constantly, only a percentage of the sun’s energy potential is a harness. Solar trackers are ideal for enhancing solar panels’ conversion effectiveness by following the sun’s position all day long. This paper is an overview to take full advantage of the PV system by enhancing the solar panel’s conversion efficiency and choosing effective solar tracking. This review describes the basics of PV material and their achieved efficiency for laboratory, commercial, and industrial applications. The key objective of this paper is to create a roadmap of sun-tracking methods, their pros and cons to build an effective, low-cost, and reliable PV system for maximum solar energy harvesting. The study revealed that the active dual-axes closed-loop control based on non-conventional control algorithms could be the best tracking method to maximize the PV system’s output.

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Sanyal, A., Ahmed, M.F., Mohanta, J.C. (2023). Recent Developments and Challenges in Solar Harvesting of Photovoltaic System: A Review. In: Li, X., Rashidi, M.M., Lather, R.S., Raman, R. (eds) Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6945-4_18

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