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. 2021 Jan 21;21(3):726. doi: 10.3390/s21030726
a solar collector width
b solar collector height
dj Julian day
i index assigned to each solar tracker
j secondary index assigned to each solar tracker (ij)
N number of solar trackers in the installation
i,j,k unit vectors associated to a local Cartesian system
s solar vector
sx, sy, sz components of solar vector
n unit vector perpendicular to the collector surface that indicates the direction towardsthe tracker is oriented
u unit horizontal vector included in the collector plane
v unit vector included in the collector plane and perpendicular to u
t specific solar hour
x, y, z Cartesian coordinates of the base of each solar tracker
x i, yi, zi arrays containing information about coordinates of each solar tracker
Greek Letters
α elevation angle of the collector
γ azimuth angle of the collector rotation axis
φ latitude
Ω Earth’s rotation speed
δ solar declination
θ angle of incidence of sunbeams on the inclined plane
Γ auxiliary angular magnitude dependent on the Julian day