On the performance of the ASM 150 stressed membrane heliostat

Book · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:438647

Weinrebe, G ^[1]; Schmitz-Goeb, M ^[2]; Schiel, W ^[3]

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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; TRN: IM9711%%107
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1996 American Society of Mechanical Engineers international solar energy conference, San Antonio, TX (United States), 31 Mar - 3 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Solar engineering 1996; Davidson, J.H. [ed.] [Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)]; Chavez, J. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 544 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
HELIOSTATS
PERFORMANCE
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
SPAIN
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
DATA COVARIANCES
SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS
POWER DEMAND
EXPERIMENTAL DATA