On the effectiveness of time and date-based sun positioning solar collector in tropical climate: a case study in Northern Peninsular Malaysia
This paper provides detailed information on the developed hardware and software for sun tracking mechanism and shows the effectiveness of utilizing time and date-based sun positioning solar collector system in tropical climate. The sun positioning system is based on the calculated azimuth and altitu...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28684/1/On%20the%20effectiveness%20of%20time%20and%20date.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28684/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper provides detailed information on the developed hardware and software for sun tracking mechanism and shows the effectiveness of utilizing time and date-based sun positioning solar collector system in tropical climate. The sun positioning system is based on the calculated azimuth and altitude at location E100°11′, N6°26′ in Northern Peninsular Malaysia where the climate is categorized as tropical climate. The system has two axes tracking with accuracy of 1° controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC). The field test has been done during a sunny and clear day, cloudy day and, heavy overcast and rainy day in which the results show that the improvement in the generated power of 91.97%, 122.71% and 90.42%, respectively, as compared with the fixed horizontal system. |
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