%0 Journal Article
%T Sun Tracking Systems: A Review
%A Chia-Yen Lee
%A Po-Cheng Chou
%A Che-Ming Chiang
%A Chiu-Feng Lin
%J Sensors
%D 2009
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s90503875
%X The output power produced by high-concentration solar thermal and photovoltaic systems is directly related to the amount of solar energy acquired by the system, and it is therefore necessary to track the sun¡¯s position with a high degree of accuracy. Many systems have been proposed to facilitate this task over the past 20 years. Accordingly, this paper commences by providing a high level overview of the sun tracking system field and then describes some of the more significant proposals for closed-loop and open-loop types of sun tracking systems.
%K solar orientation
%K solar position
%K sun sensor algorithm
%K sun tracking system
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/9/5/3875