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 …

Study of a solar water heater using stationary V-trough collector

KK Chong, KG Chay, KH Chin - Renewable energy, 2012 - Elsevier
There are various types of solar water heater system available in the commercial market to
fulfill different customers' demand, such as flat plate collector, concentrating collector …

Institutional cooking with solar energy: A review

S Indora, TC Kandpal - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
A review on various aspects of institutional solar cooking is presented. Starting with an
overview of energy requirement for cooking, the review includes cooking technologies …

Automatic heliostat learning for in situ concentrating solar power plant metrology with differentiable ray tracing

M Pargmann, J Ebert, M Götz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Concentrating solar power plants are a clean energy source capable of competitive
electricity generation even during night time, as well as the production of carbon-neutral …

Simulation of a dual-axis solar tracker for improving the performance of a photovoltaic panel

C Alexandru, C Pozna - … Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents the virtual prototype of the tracking system used for improving the
energetic efficiency of a photovoltaic panel. From the point of view of the efficiency and …

Thermal and geometric error compensation approach for an optical linear encoder

D Gurauskis, A Kilikevičius, A Kasparaitis - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Linear displacement measuring systems, like optical encoders, are widely used in various
precise positioning applications to form a full closed-loop control system. Thus, the …

Control of thermal solar energy plants

EF Camacho, M Berenguel, AJ Gallego - Journal of process control, 2014 - Elsevier
This work deals with the main control problems found in solar power systems and the
solutions proposed in literature. The paper first describes the main solar power …

[图书][B] Compact multifunctional antennas for wireless systems

EH Lim, KW Leung - 2012 - books.google.com
Offers an up-to-date description of modern multifunctional antenna systems and microwave
components Compact multifunctional antennas are of great interest in the field of antennas …

Performance study of crossed compound parabolic concentrator as secondary optics in non-imaging dish concentrator for the application of dense-array concentrator …

TK Yew, KK Chong, BH Lim - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Optical and electrical analyses of non-imaging dish concentrator (NIDC) with secondary
concentrator for the application in dense-array concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system are …