Sensing and Control Strategies in Tracking Solar Systems

Author

Moga, Daniel ; Sita, Ioan-Valentin ; Stroia, Nicoleta ; Dobra, Petru ; Moga, Rozica ; Petreus, Dorin

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

fYear

2015

fDate

27-29 May 2015

Firstpage

989

Lastpage

995

Abstract

The paper addresses the sensing and control strategies for dual axis tracking solar concentrators appropriate for solar power systems used for cooling and heating. The constructive structures are introduced together with the remote monitoring architectures appropriate for characterizing the operation of such solar systems. Fundamental positioning structures and tracking principles are analyzed and the common sensing and control strategies are reviewed. Finally, an analysis of performance and nonidealities of a sensing structure is made, indicating solutions for optimal performance.

Keywords

cooling; heating; position control; solar energy concentrators; solar power; control strategy; cooling; dual axis tracking solar concentrator; heating; positioning structure; remote monitoring architecture; sensing strategy; solar power system; Cooling; Sensors; Solar energy; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Sun; Tracking; dual axis tracking; smart sensors; solar concentrators; telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2015 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1779-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCS.2015.143

Filename

7168546