Experimental set-up for three PHOEBUS type large-area heliostats at the PSA

Conference · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:113333

Haeger, M ^[1]; Schiel, W ^[2]; Romero, M ^[3]; Schmitz-Goeb, M ^[4]

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1. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Almeria (Spain). Plataforma Solar de Almeria
2. Schlaich Bergermann and Partner, Stuttgart (Germany)
3. Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, Madrid (Spain). Instituto de Energias Renovables
4. L. and C. Steinmueller, Gummersbach (Germany)

Three large-area heliostat prototypes are being erected at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria by Spanish and German industry. The objective is to demonstrate their technical and economical suitability for a PHOEBUS power tower plant. The two different heliostat designs including two 100 ml glass/metal faceted heliostats and one 150 m{sup 2} stressed membrane heliostat are tested at a representative distance of 485 m to the PSA`s CESA tower. The paper introduces the heliostat designs and test set-up, such as location, targets, flux measurement, data acquisition and control.

• OSTI ID: 113333
• Report Number(s): CONF-950336-; ISBN 0-7918-1300-2; TRN: IM9544%%293
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers/Japan Solar Energy Society international solar energy conference, Lahaina, HI (United States), 19-24 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Solar engineering 1995: Proceedings. Volume 1; Stine, W.B. [ed.] [California Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, CA (United States)]; Tanaka, Tadayoshi [ed.] [Electrotechnical Lab., Ibaraki (Japan)]; Claridge, D.E. [ed.] [Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)]; PB: 746 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
HELIOSTATS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS COLLECTORS