Design and implementation of a sun tracking solar power system

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Guo, Liping ^a,b   Curtis, Paul ^b   Barendregt, Andrew ^b   Surillo, Anthony ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SIGNAL CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; STEPPING MOTORS; STUDENTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT; SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY DEGREE PROGRAMS; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 85029068522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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