Tracking system for solar collectors

Patent · Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6837806

Butler, B L

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.

• Assignee: US Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4425904
• OSTI ID: 6837806
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Oct 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-192799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR COLLECTORS
DESIGN
OPERATION
SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS
ACCURACY
CABLES
POSITIONING
SOLAR TRACKING
TILT MECHANISMS
EQUIPMENT
HELIOSTATS
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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