Optical performance of inclined south-north axis three-positions tracked solar panels

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1171-1179

  Zhong, Hao ^a   Li, Guihua ^a   Tang, Runsheng ^a   Dong, Wenli ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Annual solar gain; Performance evaluation; Three positions sun tracking; Tracked solar panels

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

ANNUAL SOLAR GAIN; ATTITUDE ANGLE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZING DESIGN; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SOLAR GAIN; SOLAR PANELS; SUN-TRACKING; THREE-POSITIONS SUN-TRACKING; TILT-ANGLE;

TRACKING (POSITION);

ALGORITHM; DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TRACKING;

EID: 79551565582     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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