Abstract:
Energy is a very important variable that its conservation is of paramount interest to engineers of our time. As we know, the law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. This helps in sustainable use and protection of natural resources. This research work on power generation from solar source is a system that assists in this energy transformation and storage to produce electricity. Electricity is one form of energy that affects almost every sphere of life. All our electronic equipment need a source of electrical energy to function .Hence the quest for obtaining this source of energy from different means is in high demand. Originally, the source of electrical energy was predominantly hydro. But today other forms of energy are being harnessed so as to convert them to electrical energy. Solar energy is one source of energy that is harnessed today to provide electricity. Here solar energy is converted to electrical energy by solar panel made up of transducers called solar cell. These panels are placed on the top of houses or towers for the purpose of obtaining maximum incident solar energy. But since, the position of the sun with respect to solar panel is not fixed, as a result of the earth’s revolution around the sun, it is important to have an automatic tracking system that will help position the panel at all till times for maximum reception. This received energy is temporarily stored in an accumulator via the battery charging circuit and is finally made available for use through the inverter circuit. An attempt to design a power system that will harness this renewable source of energy to better the lots of mankind forms the base of this research work (project).