Solar tracking system: an educational tool to introduce mechatronics engineering to renewable energy studies

• Autores: Victor Hugo Benitez Baltazar, Jesús Pacheco Martínez, Maria E. Anaya, Luis Carlos Félix Herrán
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 35, no. 1 (Parte A ), 2019, págs. 50-58
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Project Oriented Learning in Mechatronics courses curricula is a key aspect in the teaching-learning process. In addition,graduated engineers with competences in design and implementation of renewable energy systems are in strong demand bytoday’s society. This paper presents a solar tracking system test-bench used to track the path of the sun and to redirect thesolar beams to a specific point. The system is composed by an electromechanical plant and a control system implemented inNational Instruments LabVIEW IDE. Such system is proposed to carry out a project in mechatronics engineeringcurricula for introducing undergraduate engineering students to mechatronics design and prototype implementation in thecontext of actual renewable energies. This proposal aims to develop students’ competencies oriented to the design,implementation and validation of mechatronic systems. The experimental platform would allow the teacher tocomplement theoretical aspects, whereas students would learn in a challenging environment where they would generatea complex prototype focused to solve a current world problem.