Monica, UR- Catching Solar Rays

 I am doing my IRP on solar energy. In my introduction I will be talking a little bit about the history of solar and how it is environmentally friendly. Then I will go into what is known about the performance vs the angle of the solar panel. I will state my scientific question: What angle performs best at my location (latitude 29 degrees). I also changed one of my angles again due to new information I found. I will be talking more about why I choose the angles that I did.

                              MATERIALS

• (3) ECO-WORTHY 20W 12V Solar Panel
• (3) Unlimited Solar U-MO-0112 mounting kit
• (3) Metal Fencing Post
• Protractor
• Southwire TECHNITIONPRO TRUE RMS IV MULTIMETER

My backyard set up of solar panels

             

                            METHODS

• Assemble solar panels (will get in more detail during final presentation)
• NO SHADOWS/ Panels Facing South
• Collect data using multimeter (will do demo on how to measure volts and amps)
• Collect data at 12pm each day

Projected Graph

My data collection will be getting the volts and amps of each solar panel, multiplying them to get the Watts or power produced. I picked the cluster bar graph because It will overall show my data for each day. Each day I will collect my data at the same time for consistency. I also will be writing the date/outside temperature and weather data.

WHAT WAS ADDED/FIXED:

I just copied and pasted my last Blog because I didn't have to change much. I added the direction that my panels are facing and added that I will be taking my measurements at 12 pm each day in my methods. I also fixed my citation of a website: Landauhttp, C. (2015) Optimum Tilt of Solar Panel. Retrieved from www.solarpaneltilt.com.