Fibonacci Tree Solar Panel

The fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat panel model.

Fibonacci tree solar panel. Young naturalist awards he determined the tree s fibonacci pattern allowed some solar panels to collect sunlight even if others were in shade and prevented branches on a tree from shading other. Collecting the most sunlight is the difference between life and death wrote aidan who thinks humans can put treelike solar panel designs to use especially in urban spaces where sunlight is scarce. The fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat panel model. At that point the tree design generated 50 percent more power without any adjustments to its declination angle.

The fractal nature of trees allows each leaf to get sunlight and he pondered on why we don t use the fibonacci sequence in the placement of solar panels for us to harness energy from the sun. So he came up with his little invention to generate the maximum amount of energy using the fractal principals of nature. Plus i observed that the fibonacci pattern helped the branches and leaves on a tree to avoid shading each other. And unlike a flat solar panel which must be mechanically readjusted to follow the sun s moving path a fibonacci sequence tree can still absorb light when the sun sits low in the sky.

He determined the tree s fibonacci pattern allowed some solar panels to collect. Aidan explained my design is like a tree but instead of having leaves it has solar panels at the ends of the branches. The fibonacci pattern allowed some solar panels to collect sunlight even if others were in shade. Aidan reports the results.

Solar tree systems elevate panels high into the air and support them with a single free standing structure. The american museum of natural history rewarded him with a young naturalist award. In this work a solar tree based on 2 5 fibonacci ratio is designed and its energy output in a particular time duration is compared with a fixed solar panel of equal capacity facing equal amount of solar insolation. Like a real tree solar trees can offer shade making them ideal for integration into an open park or property.

The tree design made 20 more electricity and collected 2 1 2 more hours of sunlight during the. Solar trees offer more than just energy output from their panels. But the most interesting results were in december when the sun was at its lowest point in the sky. Solar tree on the basis of fibonacci ratios such as 1 3 2 5 3 8 and 5 13.

A solar tree is a different take on ground mounted panels. My conclusions suggest that the fibonacci pattern in trees makes an evolutionary difference. Looking at the fibonacci series which describes spirals he also noticed that tree leaves adhered to the spiral sequence.