Optical performance of inclined south-north single-axis tracked solar panels

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2511-2516

  Li, Zhimin ^a   Liu, Xinyue ^a   Tang, Runsheng ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annual solar gain; ISN axis tracking; Performance comparison; Tracked panels

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION;

DUAL AXIS; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SINGLE-AXIS; SOLAR GAIN; SOLAR GEOMETRY; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR RESOURCES; SUN-TRACKING; TILT-ANGLE; TRACKING PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 77953159617     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.02.050     Document Type: Article

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