Design of Solar Tracking System Using Piezoelectric Effect for Multi-Power Generation Based on IoT

Abstract

The generation of electrical power and its practice is one of the headlines of the present time. Nowadays, the number of energy sources are present, but they are neither renewable nor cheap, non-renewable reserves of the world is almost depleting, and the demand of the electric power is increasing rapidly than anything in the present time. Thus, the world is shifting towards the renewable sources of producing energy as the demand of masses rises and require more power for their daily routine things. This project gives the idea of sustainable energy generation by utilizing the latest technology such as piezoelectric sensors (converts pressure into electricity) and solar power. In simple terms, the objective is to have a solar panel outputting its maximum possible power all day long, which occurs when the panel tracks the sun and rotates accordingly, to receive sunlight to the fullest extent always during the day time. With this, piezoelectric-based energy harvesting technology is applied to generate electricity from mechanical stress (vibrations). Depending on the availability of the power sources, this arrangement allows the two sources to power the load separately or simultaneously. An effective method of electrifying or producing electricity using solar energy and a piezoelectric energy recovery path is implemented in this article.