A Prototype Design and Development of the Smart Photovoltaic System Blind Considering the Photovoltaic Panel, Tracking System, and Monitoring System
applied sciences Article A Prototype Design and Development of the Smart Photovoltaic System Blind Considering the Photovoltaic Panel, Tracking System, and Monitoring System Kwangbok Jeong 1, Taehoon Hong 1,* ID , Choongwan Koo 2, Jeongyoon Oh 1, Minhyun Lee 1 and Jimin Kim 3,4 1 Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea; kbjeong7@yonsei.ac.kr (K.J.); omk1500@yonsei.ac.kr (J.O.); mignon@yonsei.ac.kr (M.L.) 2 Department of Building Services Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; choongwan.koo@polyu.edu.hk 3 Division of Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; kim2752@purdue.edu 4 Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea * Correspondence: hong7@yonsei.ac.kr; Tel.: +82-2-2123-5788 Received: 31 July 2017; Accepted: 13 October 2017; Published: 18 October 2017 Abstract: This study aims to design and develop the prototype models of the smart photovoltaic system blind (SPSB). To achieve this objective, the study defined the properties in three ways: (i) the photovoltaic (PV) panel; (ii) the tracking system; and (iii) the monitoring system. First, the amorphous silicon PV panel was determined as a PV panel, and the width and length of the PV panel were determined to be 50 mm and 250 mm, respectively. Second, the four tracker types (i.e., fixed type, vertical single-axis tracker, horizontal single-axis tracker, and azimuth-altitude dual-axis tracker) was applied, as well as the direct tracking method based on the amount of electricity generated as a tracking system.
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