Abstract: This paper aims to optimize the concentration ratio of multi-faceted focusing heliostats implemented into a solar tower power plant. The ideal shape of a heliostat located off-axis in the field is known to be the local ...

Abstract: The use of HfB2, ZrB2, HfC, ZrC, W, and SiC particles in a high temperature solar particle receiver (SPR) is analyzed. The SPR is modeled as a 1D slab of spherical particles dispersion, submitted to a concentrated and ...

Abstract: The design of solar concentrating systems and receivers requires the spatial distribution of the solar flux on the receiver. This article presents an integral formulation of the optical model for the multiple reflections ...