Improving the Solar Reliability Factor of a Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System Using Energy-Efficient Testing Solutions [PDF]
, 2021 This paper presents an improved mathematical model for calculating the solar test factor (STF) and solar reliability factor (SRF) of a photovoltaic (PV) automated equipment.
Sorin Liviu Jurj +3 more
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Development of a solar concentrator with tracking system [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2016 Abstract. Solar Energy has been, since the beginning of human civilization, a source of energy that raised considerable interest, and the technology used for their exploitation has developed constantly. Due to the energetic problems which society has been facing, the development of technologies to increase the efficiency of solar systems is of ...
Barbosa, Flávia V. +3 more
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An Offshore Solar Irradiance Calculator (OSIC) Applied to Photovoltaic Tracking Systems [PDF]
, 2023 Offshore photovoltaic installations are the future technology in solar energy since they enable the use of the large amount of maritime space, which is especially important when land space is not available.
Luciano Mule’ Stagno +5 more
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A NEW APPROACH FOR CONTROL SYSTEM OF SOLAR PANELS [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Tribology, 2022 The cleaning system, cooling system, and auto tracking system are three modification systems for solar panels that can boost the efficiency and output of the system.
A. Younis Mona, Nasser Amal, Nasser Eman
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Photovoltaic energy systems in urban situations need to achieve both high electricity production and high capacity in restricted installation areas.
Min Ju Yun +3 more
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Modeling and Technical Analysis of Solar Tracking System to Find Optimal Angle for Maximum Power Generation using MOPSO Algorithm [PDF]
Renewable Energy Research and Applications, 2020 This paper aims to determine the optimal performance characteristics of a solar tracking system in order to maximize the power generation through using the MOPSO algorithm.
H. Pourderogar +5 more
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Development of Automatic Solar Tracking System for Small Solar Energy System [PDF]
International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2018 The main purpose of this paper is to present a novel idea that is based on design and development of an automatic solar tracker system that tracks the Sun's energy for maximum energy output achievement. In this paper, a novel automatic solar tracking system has been developed for small-scale solar energy system.
Mohamud Ahmed Musse +2 more
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Towards optimal solar tracking: a dynamic programming approach [PDF]
, 2015 The power output of photovoltaic systems (PVS) increases with the use of effective and efficient solar tracking techniques. However, current techniques suffer from several drawbacks in their tracking policy: (i) they usually do not consider the ...
Chalkiadakis, Georgios +4 more
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications [PDF]
, 2013 Thermal applications are drawing increasing attention in the solar energy research field, due to their high performance in energy storage density and energy conversion efficiency. In these applications, solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems
Zhao, Changying +3 more
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A solar tracking system based on local solar time integrated to photovoltaic systems [PDF]
, 2020 The performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems is highly influenced by the tilt angle of PV modules and the incidence of global solar irradiance, which may change the solar to electrical conversion efficiency.
Loschi, H. J. +4 more
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