The synthesis of a linkage with linear actuator for solar tracking with large angular stroke

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In the bi-axial tracking of the PV modules (aiming to maximize the normal direct solar radiation on panels), one of the two axes, which has a large angular stroke (180°. . .360°), is usually driven by a gear speed reducer and the other axis, which has a smaller angular stroke (≤ 90°), is driven by a linear actuator. Because a linear actuator is more economical than a rotary one, the paper reports on the use of linear actuators for the large angular strokes; this aim is fulfilled by the synthesis of a linkage composed of two simple linkages, serially connected: a triangle linkage with a linear actuator and a four-bar linkage which amplifies the output angle of the first linkage up to about 180° © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.

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Visa, I., Diaconescu, D., Popa, V., Burduhos, B., & Saulescu, R. (2009). The synthesis of a linkage with linear actuator for solar tracking with large angular stroke. In Proceedings of EUCOMES 2008 - The 2nd European Conference on Mechanism Science (pp. 447–454). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8915-2_54

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