Control algorithms applied to active solar tracking systems: A review

RF Fuentes-Morales, A Diaz-Ponce, MI Peña-Cruz… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well known that concentrating solar power and concentrating photovoltaic technologies
require high accuracy and high precision solar tracking systems in order to achieve greater …

An imperative role of sun trackers in photovoltaic technology: A review

R Singh, S Kumar, A Gehlot, R Pachauri - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
The efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) system is directly proportional to the solar energy. The
maximum efficiency from the PV systems can be achieved if the panel is kept perpendicular …

[PDF][PDF] Solar tracking

G Prinsloo, RT Dobson - Stellenbosch: SolarBoo7s. ISBN …, 2015 - academia.edu
Microgrid micro Energy Management System micro-EMS platform automatic solar tracker
plan solar tracking design sun tracking system photovoltaic PV CPV software engineering …

Concentrating solar power

JJCS Santos, JCE Palacio, AMM Reyes… - Advances in Renewable …, 2018 - Elsevier
This chapter introduces the concentrating solar power (CSP), defined as power generated in
the CSP systems that uses solar concentrators to convert solar energy into heat and then the …

Open-loop altitude-azimuth concentrated solar tracking system for solar-thermal applications

CK Yang, TC Cheng, CH Cheng, CC Wang, CC Lee - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
An open-looped altitude-azimuth concentrated solar-tracking system without additional
power was developed in this study. This system adopted the Fresnel lens module to …

Modeling and design of azimuth-altitude dual axis solar tracker for maximum solar energy generation

S Shufat, E Kurt, A Hançerlioğullari - … JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE …, 2019 - avesis.gazi.edu.tr
The sun tracking system that lets Parabolic Dish or PV panel orthogonal to the sun radiation
during the day, can raise the concentrated sun radiation by up to 40%. The fixed Parabolic …

On improving the efficiency of a solar panel tracking system

S Aziz, S Hassan - Procedia Manufacturing, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar energy is considered the most promising form of renewable energy in the present
century. New photovoltaic materials are being developed to improve the efficiency of solar …

Optimal and Economic Evaluation of using a Two-axis Solar Tracking System in Photovoltaic Power Plants, a Case Study of “Tehran”, Iran

H Zarei Zohdi, M Sarvi - Journal of Solar Energy Research, 2023 - jser.ut.ac.ir
Photovoltaic systems are one of the types of solar power generation systems. One of the
main issues for the construction of a photovoltaic power plant is to determine the type of …

[PDF][PDF] Improve dual axis solar tracker algorithm based on sunrise and sunset position

R Nazir, M Hadi - Journal of Electrical Systems, 2015 - webreview.dz
This paper presents sensorless dual axis solar trackers based on sun position using sunrise
and sunset database. The database created from exact calculation of solar azimuth and …

Changes of photovoltaic performance as a function of positioning relative to the focus points of a concentrator PV module: case study

H Zsiborács, N Hegedűsné Baranyai, A Vincze… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This article examines the positioning features of polycrystalline, monocrystalline, and
amorphous silicon modules relative to the focus points of concentrator photovoltaic modules …