Optical performance of vertical single-axis tracked solar panels

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-68

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

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annual collectible radiation; Optimal tilt angle; Performance evaluation; Vertical axis tracked solar panels

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COLLECTIBLE RADIATION; CLIMATIC DATA; DUAL AXIS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENERGY COLLECTION; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SINGLE-AXIS; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR RESOURCES; SUN-TRACKING; TILT-ANGLE; VERTICAL AXIS;

OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79551553887     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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