This work aims to study the performance of standard fixed photovoltaic (PV) solar systems and compare it to single axis tracking photovoltaic solar system. The study has two parts: experimental part and simulation part. In the experimental analysis, two identical mounting grid connected PV systems 125kWp with same PV modules and inverters are installed under Jordan climate condition for ten months start from April to January. The PV panels are installed using either fixed mount with tilt angle 25 degree and single axis manual tracking (North - South tracking system). The measured data for these different mounting cases of PV system are analyzed and compared together. The data has been collected using data loggers every fifteen minutes, recorded then analyzed. The experimental result showed that the output power injected into grid increased in total by approximately 9.69% as compared with the fixed system of 25̊ tilted angle. Both Fixed and tracking PV systems are applied into PVSYS simulation tool to investigate the performance using solar radiation data for Amman, Jordan. the simulation tool showed that the power gained from single axis tracking system increased by 12.83%. The simulation results are compared with measured data which is approximately close to the result from experimental study. The percentage of difference between experimental output power and simulation result is very small, it doesn't exceed 0.440% using single axis tracking system. While the difference in fixed system is bigger, it is approximately 4.00%.
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Layali Mohammad Abu Hussein, Mohammad Fathi Musa. (2022). Performance Comparison of Manual Single Axis Sun-Tracking Photovoltaic (PV) with Fixed System PV Panels in Jordan. American Journal of Energy Engineering, 10(3), 75-84. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajee.20221003.13
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Layali Mohammad Abu Hussein; Mohammad Fathi Musa. Performance Comparison of Manual Single Axis Sun-Tracking Photovoltaic (PV) with Fixed System PV Panels in Jordan. Am. J. Energy Eng. 2022, 10(3), 75-84. doi: 10.11648/j.ajee.20221003.13
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abstract = {This work aims to study the performance of standard fixed photovoltaic (PV) solar systems and compare it to single axis tracking photovoltaic solar system. The study has two parts: experimental part and simulation part. In the experimental analysis, two identical mounting grid connected PV systems 125kWp with same PV modules and inverters are installed under Jordan climate condition for ten months start from April to January. The PV panels are installed using either fixed mount with tilt angle 25 degree and single axis manual tracking (North - South tracking system). The measured data for these different mounting cases of PV system are analyzed and compared together. The data has been collected using data loggers every fifteen minutes, recorded then analyzed. The experimental result showed that the output power injected into grid increased in total by approximately 9.69% as compared with the fixed system of 25̊ tilted angle. Both Fixed and tracking PV systems are applied into PVSYS simulation tool to investigate the performance using solar radiation data for Amman, Jordan. the simulation tool showed that the power gained from single axis tracking system increased by 12.83%. The simulation results are compared with measured data which is approximately close to the result from experimental study. The percentage of difference between experimental output power and simulation result is very small, it doesn't exceed 0.440% using single axis tracking system. While the difference in fixed system is bigger, it is approximately 4.00%.},
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