Design and simulation of a photovoltaic string with tracking mechanism

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1363-1370

  Tatu, Nicoleta Irina ^a   Alexandru, Cǎtǎlin ^a  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Mechatronic system; Photovoltaic string; Tracking mechanism; Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855440670     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2011.194     Document Type: Article

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