Optimising position control of a solar parabolic trough

In today’s climate of growing energy needs and increasing environmental concerns, alternatives to the use of non-renewable and polluting fossil fuels have to be investigated. One such alternative is solar energy. This study is based on the implementation of a mathematical computation – the PSA (Plat...

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Main Authors: Puramanathan Naidoo, Theo I. van Niekerk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2011-03-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:http://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/452