Solar furnace for flux gage calibration and thermal-effects testing

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5537733

Edgar, R M; Richards, E H; Mulholland, G P

The solar furnace consists of a 7.4 m square heliostat, a 6.7 m diameter concentrator, an attenuator designed to vary the flux-density at the test area, and a three-axis positioning table at the test area. Its primary function will be the calibration of flux gages but other tasks and/or experiments will be considered as time permits. The furnace will provide a spot 12 cm in diameter with a peak flux density of 4000 kW/m/sup 2/ (100 cal/cm/sup 2/ sec).

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5537733
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-1776C; CONF-8110154-1; ON: DE82005769
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
140909 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Miscellaneous Solar Applications-- (1980-)
CALIBRATION
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
FLUX DENSITY
FURNACES
HELIOSTATS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FLUX
SOLAR FURNACES
TEST FACILITIES
USES