Exploring One-Axis Tracking Configurations For CPV Application

• DOI: 10.1063/1.3658345
• Publication Date: 2011-12-05T23:52:35Z
• Authors: G. Gaspar; F. Reis; L. Pina; G. Sorasio; J. Wemans; M. C. Brito; Frank Dimroth; Sarah Kurtz; Gabriel Sala; Andreas W. Bett
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

A model to determine the performance of different configurations of single axis tracking is presented. The analysis of the results shows that the output of a PV receptor mounted on an inclined axis with a north‐south direction has a high acceptance angle and features low power losses, since the misalignments are greatest when the available irradiation is lowest. These results suggest the possibility of single axis tracking for low concentration CPV systems.