DASTS: Distributed Architecture for Sun Tracking System Mounted On Mobile Platforms

Abstract

At the present time, the need for flexibility in different organizational structures imposes top equipment for infrastructure. These mobile platforms are equipped with many electrical appliances and the need for power limits the consumption of these platforms or imposes the rinse of infrastructure with power generators. In this paper, we present a sun-tracking system mounted on a mobile platform and based on two local intelligent servo drives connected on a CAN network to a motion controller that has implemented a solar position algorithm. The motion controller determines the position of the sun on the site, and then, coordinates the two drives in order to correctly position the photovoltaic panel.