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solar collector width |
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solar collector height |
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Julian day |
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index assigned to each solar tracker |
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secondary index assigned to each solar tracker (
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number of solar trackers in the installation |
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unit vectors associated to a local Cartesian system |
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solar vector |
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components of solar vector |
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unit vector perpendicular to the collector surface that indicates the direction towardsthe tracker is oriented |
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unit horizontal vector included in the collector plane |
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unit vector included in the collector plane and perpendicular to
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specific solar hour |
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Cartesian coordinates of the base of each solar tracker |
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arrays containing information about coordinates of each solar tracker |
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Greek Letters
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elevation angle of the collector |
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azimuth angle of the collector rotation axis |
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latitude |
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Earth’s rotation speed |
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solar declination |
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angle of incidence of sunbeams on the inclined plane |
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auxiliary angular magnitude dependent on the Julian day |