Patent ID: 11942893
Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a single-axis solar tracker comprising:
determining a sun elevation angle;
determining a single-cell or single panel solar array backtracking angle based on the sun elevation angle;
determining a split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle based on the sun elevation angle;
determining a first relative light transmission (RLT) based on the single-cell or single panel solar array backtracking angle;
determining a second RLT based on the split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle;
determining that the first RLT and the second RLT satisfy a predetermined relationship; and
in response to determining that the first RLT and the second RLT satisfy the predetermined relationship, controlling the single-axis solar tracker to rotate the solar array to the split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle.