A remotely accessible solar tracker system design

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Çinar, Said M ^a   Hocaoǧlu, Fatih O ^a   Orhun, Murat ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION);

COMPARISON RESULT; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MECHANICAL PARTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; SOLAR TRACKER SYSTEMS; SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS; TRACKING SYSTEM;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84903542549     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4885099     Document Type: Article

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