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The Effect of Fans on Heatsink Cooling Fans in Optimizing Output Power on Single Axis Solar Tracker Solar Panels 1,2Teknik Mesin, Jakarta State Polytechnic. Jl. Prof. G. A. Siwabessy, Kampus UI, Depok, Indonesia, 16425. Abstract Optimization of solar panel output power from the presence of a single-axis solar tracker is still not enough to maintain or increase its output power, this is due to the decrease in solar panel efficiency which is greatly influenced by various factors, especially external factors such as temperature, light intensity, and position/tilt angle. For light intensity following natural conditions so it will be rather difficult to control, the position/tilt angle of the panel has been overcome by the solar tracker, one more thing that needs to be controlled is the temperature of the solar panel. Excessive temperature increases will reduce the efficiency of the solar panel, every increase in solar panel temperature of 1C (from 25C) results in a decrease in efficiency of around 0.4%. So this basic research aims to innovate to optimize solar panels by presenting technology in the form of a heatsink cooling fan on solar panels that have been previously modified using a single-axis solar tracker. The method used is a literature study in identifying problems and basic theories needed, then assembling and experimenting with the modified solar panels, then collecting data using measuring instruments with quantitative methods, then analyzing. The results are stable conditions and not too hot ranging between 35-37C with the resulting voltage being better, ranging between 19V. This shows that modifying solar panels using heatsink cooling fans has been proven to optimize the output power of solar panels. Keywords: Heatsink cooling fan, Solar tracker, and Solar Panel. Topic: Renewable energy |
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