Design and construction of a one-axis sun-tracking system

Solar Energy

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-469

  Kalogirou, Soteris A ^a  

^a HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0030512195     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(96)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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