Title
Design of an Embedded Solar Tracking System Based on GPS and Astronomical Equations
Abstract
This article presents the design of a reliable, accurate, and easy to install solar dual axis tracking system. The system utilizes the GPS for fixing the time, date and location in terms of longitude and latitude. Approximations having high accuracy of the astronomical equations to represent the declination angle and the equation of time are selected to determine the sun locations needed by the designed tracking system in any chosen location on earth. The proposed system is standalone, accurate, durable, reliable, and cost efficient. Annual energy assessments of the system are also given.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.4018/ijitwe.2014010102
International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
dual axis trackers,solar tracker,gps based system,embedded system,sensorless tracker,microcontroller
Data mining,Solar tracker,Computer science,Geographic coordinate system,Tracking system,Equation of time,Real-time computing,Global Positioning System,Microcontroller,Sextant (astronomical),Embedded system,Declination
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
9
1
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fawzi M. Al-Naima1173.79
Ramzy S. Ali201.01
Ahmed J. Abid300.34