Diseño y simulación de un sistema seguidor inteligente para un colector solar parabólico en el calentamiento de agua en viviendas de interés social

Abstract

This research aims to design and simulate the smart tracker system implemented in a parabolic solar collector (CCP) for heating water in low-income housing. In this study, the approach of the problem, the objectives to be reached, and the theoretical foundation for the development of the project were carried out. The entire project is included in the modeling of the smart tracker system applied to the CCP with the help of the Simscape Multibody tool in the Simulink environment in the Matlab Software. Regarding the selection of the solar collector to which the tracker will be implemented, the characteristics and physical parameters corresponding to a DC motor were evaluated, a prototype of a CCP was designed in Solid Works Software and exported to Matlab. In relation to the design of the smart tracker system of the CCP, a study of the input signal type, the inference rules, their implementation in the Matlab Fuzzy Toolbox, and got a controller based in fuzzy logic. For the simulation and characterization of the final model, the DC motor model, the CCP model, the controller and imported data on the orientation of the sun in operating hours were implemented, obtaining results that showed their validity, complying with the objectives set and the viability from the technological point of view that demonstrated the 33.76% increase in the effective radiation received by a CCP.