@inproceedings{7b93b72b85b34c099d82d33706cbf927,
title = "Enhancement of sun-tracking with optoelectronic devices",
abstract = "Sun-tracking is one of the most challenging tasks in implementing CPV. In order to justify the additional complexity of sun-tracking, careful assessment of performance of CPV by monitoring the performance of sun-tracking is vital. Measurement of accuracy of sun-tracking is one of the important tasks in an outdoor test. This study examines techniques with three optoelectronic devices (i.e. position sensitive device (PSD), CCD and webcam). Outdoor measurements indicated that during sunny days (global horizontal insolation (GHI) > 700 W/m2), three devices recorded comparable tracking accuracy of 0.16∼0.3°. The method using a PSD has fastest sampling rate and is able to detect the sun's position without additional image processing. Yet, it cannot identify the sunlight effectively during low insolation. The techniques with a CCD and a webcam enhance the accuracy of centroid of sunlight via the optical lens and image processing. The image quality acquired using a webcam and a CCD is comparable but the webcam is more affordable than that of CCD because it can be assembled with consumer-graded products.",
author = "Wu, {Jiunn Chi}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.; 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2015 ; Conference date: 13-04-2015 Through 15-04-2015",
year = "2015",
month = sep,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1063/1.4931545",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Gerald Siefer and Mathieu Baudrit and Ignacio Anton",
booktitle = "11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2015",
}