WO2009091339A3 - A method and apparatus for automatic tracking of the sun - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for automatic tracking of the sun Download PDF

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WO2009091339A3
WO2009091339A3 PCT/SG2009/000018 SG2009000018W WO2009091339A3 WO 2009091339 A3 WO2009091339 A3 WO 2009091339A3 SG 2009000018 W SG2009000018 W SG 2009000018W WO 2009091339 A3 WO2009091339 A3 WO 2009091339A3
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Dimiter Yordanov
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S50/00—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S50/00—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors
    • F24S50/20—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors for tracking
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking

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A method of tracking the Sun's apparent position in the sky utilizes location and time data provided by GPS, magnetic field data provided by a three- axis magnetometer and compared to a value computed (10) for said location and time, based on stored global model data (20), and data from an optical alignment sensor (40). Apparatus orientation is determined by comparing the calculated and the measured magnetic field vectors, while the current apparent position of the Sun is calculated in horizontal coordinates and both results are used to move the payload (60) to a position within the range of the optical alignment sensor (40), which is then used for fine tuning and precise positioning (70, 80). Self-organizing map structure provides for non-linearity and system self-calibration, to achieve high accuracy when dead reckoning.
PCT/SG2009/000018 2008-01-17 2009-01-08 A method and apparatus for automatic tracking of the sun WO2009091339A2 (en)

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