Experimental Comparison between Microcontrollers and Programmable Logic Controllers in Sun Tracking Applications

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dc.AffiliationOctober University for modern sciences and Arts (MSA)
dc.contributor.authorAwad, Hilmy
dc.contributor.authorMoawad, Sameh
dc.contributor.authorAtalla, Ahmad
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-15T13:22:51Z
dc.date.available2019-11-15T13:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionAccession Number: WOS:000465373000010en_US
dc.description.abstractIn order to optimize the efficiency of solar-power systems, sun tracking techniques are implemented and tested experimentally. Both Microcontrollers (MC) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) have been used for tracking purposes with both open-loop and closed-loop control systems. This research aims at comparing between both technologies from the performance and cost perspectives. For a valid comparison, an experimental setup is built and both MC and PLC were tested under the same operating conditions. The results show that from the performance point of view, they are comparable and the maximum difference was about 1.8 % of efficiency improvement. But from the cost point of view, the MC tracker is cheaper than the PLC tracker by 30 %, roughly in the Egyptian markets.en_US
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dc.identifier.issn2573-3044
dc.identifier.urihttps://cutt.ly/SeMofAc
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2018 TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST POWER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (MEPCON);Pages: 58-63
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dc.subjectUniversity for Stepper Motoren_US
dc.subjectSolar Trackingen_US
dc.subjectSolar Panelen_US
dc.subjectPLCen_US
dc.subjectPICen_US
dc.subjectMicrocontrolleren_US
dc.subjectLinear Motoren_US
dc.subjectLDRen_US
dc.titleExperimental Comparison between Microcontrollers and Programmable Logic Controllers in Sun Tracking Applicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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