Thesis
Single-axis solar tracker control with a solar position web service
Other, Murdoch University
2014
Abstract
This thesis presents an approach for the control of chronological solar trackers using web services in a Service Oriented Architecture. The approach is validated through the design and construction of a web service that provides solar position information for trackers, and the construction of a single-axis solar tracker that connects to the web service to determine how to orient itself. A number of different drive mechanisms are experimented with for the solar tracker, with the worm-gear motor proving to be the most appropriate.
Details
- Title
- Single-axis solar tracker control with a solar position web service
- Authors/Creators
- Paul Liddell
- Contributors
- Trevor Pryor (Supervisor)Gareth Lee (Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Murdoch University; Other
- Identifiers
- 991005541069807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis
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