Development of a mobile heliostat mirror washing system

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5582145· OSTI ID:5582145

This report describes the development, design and fabrication of an experimental system for washing heliostats. The economics of heliostat cleaning, the design requirements and the design and testing of the wash system are discussed. The heliostat wash system was designed to wash the heliostats located at the 10 MWe Central Receiver Pilot Plant located near Barstow, California. The plant, called Solar One, is a cooperative activity between the Department of Energy and the Associates: Southern California Edison, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the California Energy Commission. 12 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DR00789
• OSTI ID: 5582145
• Report Number(s): SAND88-8103; ON: DE88006932
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
42 ENGINEERING
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Equipment
& Techniques
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CLEANING
COST
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EQUIPMENT
HELIOSTATS
MIRRORS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REFLECTIVITY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TESTING