Abstract: The solar tracker having a bidirectional limit switch device comprises at least one solar panel (10) supported on a pivoting structure (12) tiltable in opposite first and second directions about a rotation axis (13) by a DC electric motor (M) a controller (14) and an actuator (15) controlling actuation of the electric motor (M), an inclinometer (16) fixed to the pivoting structure (12) and connected to the controller (14) to detect an actual physical positive or negative tilt angle of the solar panel (10) with respect to a horizontal plane, and a feed circuit (17) to apply a voltage having a selected polarity to the actuator (15) to produce rotation of the electric motor (M) either in the first direction or in the second direction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2017
Publication date:
October 18, 2018
Applicant:
SOLTEC AMERICA, LLC
Inventors:
Samir Chaouki Almagro, Javier Castejon Munoz, Francisco Jesus Fernandez Luque