Monday, November 29, 2010

ENGINEERING STUDENTS PRODUCE SOLAR TRACKER





“Have you ever imagine walking on air, getting to the place of work just by the pressing of  a button, or even like the new invention just discovered a flying car”.
“Who says nothing good can come out of Africa, and even in Nigeria, get set Nigeria, get set Africa, cause if you can remember that was what was said about of Nazareth the city Jesus came from, tighten your sit belt Africa and Nigeria, cause the flight to greatness is about taking off. As I introduce to you the invention of a solar tracker, the pilots in this case here are engineering students , I will advise you to pay attention as the flight begins”.
It begins like this,  solar tracker is a device that was built to be able to track a energy from the sun where its intensity is very high, and through and it can produce electricity that can be used to power home appliances, office equipments by converting the energy gotten from the sun into a direct current (DC) which is relatively safer and prevents electrocution unlike the alternative current (AC).
According to Mr. Sunday Ogunremi, one of the supervisors of this project, this device has every opportunity of saving Africa and Nigeria from the long lasting issue of light, because right from when the sun starts shinning the power is generated, and some of it can also be stored which will be used throughout the period the sun will set which is over night, so even in the night hour, homes can still enjoy this solar energy.
However, this solar tracker is heavily built with a large round dish which does the tracking movement of the sun, it also contain a metal rod that connect the dish, which gives it support on the ground and holds the dish at the same time.
In conclusion, this solar device is also contain in calculators today that aids mathematical calculations and arithmetic work easier. This device can also be used to charge phones, that is if a phone that has a low battery is beside this tracker it has the ability of charging the phone.

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