Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1331
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dc.contributor.authorKalogirou, Soteris A.-
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T12:16:23Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-17T05:23:06Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T10:19:32Z-
dc.date.available2009-05-28T12:16:23Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-17T05:23:06Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-02T10:19:32Z-
dc.date.issued1996-12-
dc.identifier.citationSolar Energy,1996, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 465-469en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038092X-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1331-
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes a tracking system which can be used with single-axis solar concentrating systems. The position and “status” of the Sun are detected by three light-dependent resistors (LDRs), one of which detects whether the collector is focused, whilst a second resistor determines if there is cloud cover, and the third senses whether it is day or night. The resultant signals are fed to an electronic control system which operates a low-speed 12-V d.c. motor which rotates the collector via a speed-reduction gearbox. The tracking system accuracy depends on the magnitude of the solar irradiance. The deviation from zero is 0.2 and 0.05° with solar radiation of 100 and 600 W m−2, respectively. Both values suggest that the mechanism can be used satisfactorily for parabolic trough collectors of medium to high concentration ratios.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofSolar Energyen_US
dc.rights© Elsevier 1997en_US
dc.subjectTracking systemen_US
dc.titleDesign and construction of a one-axis sun-tracking systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationHigher Technical Institute Cyprusen_US
dc.subject.categoryMaterials Engineeringen_US
dc.journalsHybrid Open Accessen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldEngineering and Technologyen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0038-092X(96)00135-1en_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/54en
dc.relation.issue6en_US
dc.relation.volume57en_US
cut.common.academicyear1996-1997en_US
dc.identifier.spage465en_US
dc.identifier.epage469en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn0038-092X-
crisitem.journal.publisherElsevier-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-4497-0602-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
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