Gabriela Vega

Dr. Gabriela Vega


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 August 2017 in Energies
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CMCarlos Moron
Carlos Moron
Daniel FerrándezDaniel Ferrández
Daniel Ferrández
PSPablo Saiz
Pablo Saiz
GVGabriela Vega
Gabriela Vega
JVJorge Pablo Díaz Velilla
Jorge Pablo Díaz Velilla
The global increase in energy demand and exponential exhaustion of fossil recourses has favored the development of new systems of electricity production. Photovoltaic solar energy is undoubtedly one that has the highest application in housings, due to its simplicity and easy implementation. In this work, a new prototype of photovoltaic solar tracker with Arduino platform was developed. Feedback control system that allows carrying out solar tracking with two axes using a stepper motor and linear actuator was established through an electronic circuit based on photodiodes. Moreover, real construction of the prototype was carried out, where the effectiveness of the design and its capacity to draw a maximum benefit of an incident radiation can be observed, placing the panel perpendicularly to the received energy and improving its performance for its application in future installations in housings. Results obtained from the comparison between the developed prototype and a static panel oriented according to the latitude of the area, show about 18% energy gain.