| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551947 | Solar Energy | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Azimuth-elevation and tilt-roll tracking mechanism are among the most commonly used sun-tracking methods for aiming the solar collector towards the sun at all times. It has been many decades that each of these two sun-tracking methods has its own specific sun-tracking formula and they are not interrelated. In this paper, the most general form of sun-tracking formula that embraces all the possible on-axis tracking methods is presented. The general sun-tracking formula not only can provide a general mathematical solution, but more significantly it can improve the sun-tracking accuracy by tackling the installation error of the solar collector.
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Authors
K.K. Chong, C.W. Wong,