On 8/21/06, Bob Axtell <engineer@neomailbox.com> wrote:
> To my delight, I have been given a shot at designing a solar tracking
> system,
> the arrays running at 24V. The arrays are very large, 14' sq and 18' sq. The
> user is UNCONNECTED from the AC mains, running his entire business
> from inverters attached to the system.
>
> Anybody have ideas? I know about (1) not allowing the moon to be tracked,
> (2) end the day by moving the array to immediately catch the dawn sun
> when it comes up, to minimize movement, and (3) the funny 4-diode array
> to determine where the sun is..
>

Search for MPPT (maximum power point tracker ) and Photovoltaic and you
might get some interesting results.

http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/pvt/pvbasics/

Regards,
Xiaofan
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