Dynamic conversion of solar generated heat to electricity [PDF]
The effort undertaken during this program led to the selection of the water-superheated steam (850 psig/900 F) crescent central receiver as the preferred concept from among 11 candidate systems across the technological spectrum of the dynamic conversion ...
Fourakis, E. +5 more
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Transmittance Measurement of a Heliostat Facility used in the Preflight Radiometric Calibration of Earth-Observing Sensors [PDF]
, 2009 Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colorado, has developed a heliostat facility that will be used to determine the preflight radiometric calibration of Earth-observing sensors that operate in the solar-reflective regime.
Anderson, N. +6 more
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Techniques to Measure Solar Flux Density Distribution on Large-Scale Receivers [PDF]
, 2014 Flux density measurement applied to central receiver ystems delivers the spatial distribution of the concentrated solar radiation on the receiver aperture, measures receiver input power, and monitors and might control heliostat aimpoints.
Ebert, Miriam +5 more
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SolarPACES Conference ProceedingsThis paper surveys the existing landscape of standards relevant to heliostats, identifies their gaps, and proposes a path forward to a comprehensive set of heliostat guidelines, technical specifications, and standards under the framework of ...
Daniel Tsvankin, Matthew Muller
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Evaluation of Heliostat Field Global Tracking Error Distributions by Monte Carlo Simulations
Energy Procedia, 2014 AbstractSeveral error sources can contribute to the global tracking error of heliostats. These sources can be, for instance, angular offset in the reference position of the tracking mechanisms, imperfect leveling of the heliostat pedestal, lack of perpendicularity between the tracking axes, lack of precise clock synchronization.
Díaz-Félix, L.A. +4 more
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Thermal power systems small power systems application project: Siting issues for solar thermal power plants with small community applications [PDF]
The siting issues associated with small, dispersed solar thermal power plants for utility/small community applications of less than 10 MWe are reported.
Holbeck, H. J., Ireland, S. J.
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Design and Construction of Parabolic Solar Heater Using Polymer Matrix Composite [PDF]
, 2012 A parabolic dish is a type of concentrating reflective device that uses the shape of a circular paraboloid to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves.
Babalola, P.O.
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Hybridization of the autonomous heliostat power for the future solar power towers [PDF]
, 2011 -Study of different types of hybrid models. -Hybrid Model selected PSIM.
Miravalles Soler, Oriol
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On-Sun Tracking Evaluation of a Small-Scale Tensile Ganged Heliostat Prototype
ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2019 Abstract Various ganged heliostat concepts have been proposed in the past. The attractive aspect of ganged heliostat concepts is multiple heliostats are grouped so that pedestals, tracking drives, and other components can be shared, thus reducing the number of components.
Julius Yellowhair +3 more
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Low-cost point-focus solar concentrator, phase 1 [PDF]
The results of the preliminary design study for the low cost point focus solar concentrator (LCPFSC) development program are presented. A summary description of the preliminary design is given.
Derbidge, T. C. +6 more
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