<![CDATA[CPI systems used to spray crops in the Karbala Desert face two main problems: the cost of generating electricity with generators and the difficulty of delivering electricity from the grid to remote areas. Second, the fixed solar panels feeding some of these systems cannot produce enough electricity because they cannot track the sun’s rays. To solve these issues, appropriate actuators must be combined with these panels to form solar trackers. Due to their advantages over others, pneumatic actuators are proposed to enable the panels to constantly track the sun’s rays. This leads to the production of as much energy as possible during daylight hours. This study aims to design a single-axis pneumatic solar tracker using MATLAB/Simulink to produce sufficient electrical power to operate the entire irrigation system. An economic feasibility study was conduct for the developed system. Mathematical calculations were performed on the irrigation system to obtain the initial values necessary to complete the design procedure. The design results showed that using the pneumatic tracker enabled the PV panels to efficiently run the entire irrigation system during the day. Moving the panels on one axis increased the average panel’s efficiency by 48% compared to fixed panels. The feasibility study results indicate that building a CPI system using a solar tracker is expected to have 29.41% lower energy costs than a similar system with fixed panels.]]>
