Tracking system for solar collectors

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1980-10-01

1984-01-17

Barrett, Lee E.

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126438, 353 3, F24J 302

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044259042

ABSTRACT:
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.

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W. H. Raser, "Flexed Beams in Central Receiver Heliostat Drives", AIAA/ASERC Conference on Solar Energy: Technology Status, Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 27-29, 1978.

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