Application to optimize the geometry of a parallel kinematics sun tracker

Authors

  • M. de Simón-Martín Department of Electromechanical Engineering E.P.S., Burgos University Author
  • C. Alonso-Tristán Department of Electromechanical Engineering E.P.S., Burgos University Author
  • M. Díez-Mediavilla Department of Electromechanical Engineering E.P.S., Burgos University Author
  • M. A. de Francisco-Iribarren Department of Mathematics E.I.I.I., Leon University Author
  • R. Santamaría-Sánchez Department of Mathematics E.I.I.I., Leon University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj10.356

Keywords:

Sun tracker, optimized design, parallel kinematics, Newton-Raphson, genetic algorithms, NSGA-II

Abstract

A detailed description is made of a software application that is designed to optimize a sun-tracker mechanism. It takes the main characteristics of any given installation site into account: geographical coordinates, inclination and orientation of the assembly platform. The desired result is a low-cost mechanism, which will have minimum-length construction elements, which will maximize coverage, and which will furthermore have the most energy efficient configuration. A multi-objective optimization technique (MOEAs) and numerical methods have successfully been applied to achieve these design objectives. In addition, the most computationally efficient kinematic model for the mechanism is analysed.

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Published

2024-01-16

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2012)

Section

Articles