Design of a new three-degree of freedom spherical motor for photovoltaic-tracking systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2751-2756

  Oner, Yusuf ^a   Cetin, Engin ^a   Ozturk, Harun Kemal ^a   Yilanci, Ahmet ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic panel; Renewable energy; Spherical motor; Sun tracking

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PV PANEL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SPHERICAL MOTOR; SUN TRACKING; SUN TRACKING SYSTEMS; TRACKING SYSTEM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MOTORS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPHERES; SUN;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

DENIZLI [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 68049148362     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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