Changelog¶

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.2.0] - 2022-03-11¶

The code in the second release is a complete restructure in order for the code to be made into a package and available on PyPI.

Added automatic documentation using Sphinx and autosummary
Added __init__.py file
Documentation is now hosted at readthedocs
Tilted fields can now be simulated by specifyig the keywords slope_azimuth and slope_tilt (see PR#7).
The code now is able to differentiate between the active area and total area (see PR#11).
The class twoaxistracking.TrackerField has been added, which is now the recommended way for using the package and is sufficient for most use cases.
Added twoaxistracking.layout.max_shading_elevation() for calculating the maximum elevation for which shading can occur for a specific field layout and collector geoemtry.
Added twoaxistracking.shading.horizon_elevation_angle() for calculating the horizon angle caused by having a sloped field.

Divide code into modules: shading, plotting, and layout
Changed the overall file structure to become a Python package
Changed names of notebooks
Change repository name from “two_axis_tracker_shading” to “twoaxistracking”
Changed naming of L_min to min_tracker_spacing
Changed naming of collector_area to total_collector_area
The field layout parameters are now required when using the twoaxistracking.generate_field_layout() function. The standard field layouts are only available through the twoaxistracking.TrackerField class.

This was the first release, containing the main functions and notebooks.