César Domínguez

Dr. César Domínguez

Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Complutense, 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

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

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22 November 2021 in Energies
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DFDiego A. Flores-Hernández
Diego A. Flores-Hernández
ALAlberto Luviano-Juarez
Alberto Luviano-Juarez
NLNorma Beatriz Lozada
Norma Beatriz Lozada
OFOctavio Gutierrez Frias
Octavio Gutierrez Frias
César DomínguezCésar Domínguez
César Domínguez
IAIgnacio Antón
Ignacio Antón
Solar Tracking Systems are useful to increase the generation efficiency of photovoltaic technology, mainly for concentration technology, where dual-axis is required on account of the high accurate alignment to the Sun. Even when there exists a strong relation between tracking error and energy efficiency, multiple technological and research developments have sought to solve these problems independently. The present research proposes a novel concurrent design methodology for optimizing the overall performance of two-axis trackers, allowing to keep a balance between the tracking error and the energy consumption from the design stage, from an optimization approach. The concurrent approach was implemented to design a Solar Tracker as a solar monitoring system, was compared with four commercial systems, obtaining a similar pointing accuracy with a mixed tracking error of 0.0942°. The system has the best energy balance, consuming only 0.9641% of the energy generated for the tracking action, below commercial models. Finally, a CO2 impact analysis was carried out, where the proposed tracker obtained the lowest value, with 25.7018 g. The results support the developed concurrent strategy for the optimization of the overall performance of dual-axis systems, allowing us to find a harmonic balance between the energy consumption and the required tracking accuracy.