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On the performance of the ASM 150 stressed membrane heliostat

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OSTI ID:438647
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Tabernas (Spain)
  2. L and C Steinmueller, Gummersbach (Germany)
  3. Schlaich Bergermann and Partner, Stuttgart (Germany)

A single element, 150 m{sup 2} stressed-membrane central receiver heliostat was designed and manufactured by private German companies engaged in the development of commercial central receiver technology. It was installed at the Spanish-German solar test site, the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA) near Tabernas in southern Spain in spring `95 (Haeger, M. et al., 1995). It is being evaluated together with two Spanish glass-metal heliostats in the frame of an extensive test program through 1996. First results of the test program are the subject of this paper. Results of beam quality measurements, performance tests of the focusing system and power consumption data are presented.

OSTI ID:
438647
Report Number(s):
CONF-9603117--; ISBN 0-7918-1765-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English