Economic analysis of the unified heliostat array. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6666681· OSTI ID:6666681

The Unified Heliostat Array (UHA) was investigated as to cost and optical performance. Two heliostats, the Veda Industrial Heliostat (VIH) and the Repowering Heliostat were investigated in conjunction with the UHA. The UHA was found to be a viable candidate for solar thermal central receiver applications. The UHA-VIH combination was shown to provide very high flux densities and to be suitable for high temperature applications in the 1000/sup 0/K to 2000/sup 0/K range. These temperatures were shown to be achievable even with very small (1 MWt) collector fields.

• Research Organization: Veda, Inc., Camarillo, CA (USA). Camarillo Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-80SF10802
• OSTI ID: 6666681
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10802-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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