Tracking system for solar collectors

Patent · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5349828

Butler, B

A tracking system is provided for pivotally mounted spaced-apart solar collectors. A pair of cables is connected to spaced-apart portions of each collector, and a driver displaces the cables, thereby causing the collectors to pivot about their mounting, so as to assume the desired orientation. The collectors may be of the cylindrical type as well as the flat-plate type. Rigid spar-like linkages may be substituted for the cables. Releasable attachments of the cables to the collectors is also described, as is a fine tuning mechanism for precisely aligning each individual collector.

• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-C-01-4042
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• OSTI ID: 5349828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR TRACKING
EQUIPMENT
CABLES
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ROTATION
MOTION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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