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Applications of Sliding Mode Control in Science and Engineering pp 419–434Cite as

Sliding Mode Control Design for a Sensorless Sun Tracker

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Abstract

The photovoltaic sun tracker is generally used to increase the electrical energy production. The sun tracker considered in this study has two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) and characterized by the lack of sensors. In this way, the tracker will have as set point the sun position at every second during the day for a specific period of five years. After sunset, the tracker goes back to the initial position automatically, which is sunrise. Sliding mode control is an important method used to solve various problems in control systems engineering. In robust control systems, the sliding mode control is often adopted due to its inherent advantages of easy realization, fast response and good transient performance as well as insensitivity to parameter uncertainties and disturbance. In this work, we apply sliding mode control (SMC) to ensure the tracking mechanism. Also, we design a sliding mode observer to replace the velocity sensor which is affected from a lot of measurement disturbances. The control results are established using Lyapunov stability theory. Numerical simulations are shown to illustrate all the main results derived in this work. Experimental measurements show that this automatic dual-axis sun tracker increases the power production by over 40%.

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Rhif, A., Vaidyanathan, S. (2017). Sliding Mode Control Design for a Sensorless Sun Tracker. In: Vaidyanathan, S., Lien, CH. (eds) Applications of Sliding Mode Control in Science and Engineering. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 709. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55598-0_18

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