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Pyrometric Temperature Measurements on Solar Thermal High Temperature Receivers
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The knowledge of the absorber surface temperature distribution is essential for efficient operation and further development of solar thermal high temperature receivers. However, the concentrated ...
Beam Characterization and Improvement with a Flux Mapping System for Dish Concentrators
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A flux mapping system able to measure the flux distribution of dish/Stirling systems in planes perpendicular to the optical axis was built and operated at the Plataforma Solar de Almerı́a ...
Slope Error Measurements of Parabolic Troughs Using the Reflected Image of the Absorber Tube
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A new and fast method for optically measuring the reflector slope of parabolic troughs with high accuracy has been developed. It uses the reflection of the absorber tube in the concentrator, ...
Automatic Noncontact Quality Inspection System for Industrial Parabolic Trough Assembly
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The construction of solar thermal power plants with several thousand m2 of collector area requires quality control measures for components, subsystems, and the entire collector rows. While quality ...
Advances in Parabolic Trough Solar Power Technology
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Parabolic trough solar technology is the most proven and lowest cost large-scale solar power technology available today, primarily because of the nine large commercial-scale solar power plants ...
Photogrammetry: A Powerful Tool for Geometric Analysis of Solar Concentrators and Their Components
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Digital close range photogrammetry has proven to be a precise and efficient measurement technique for the assessment of shape accuracies of solar concentrators and their components. The combination ...
Parabolic Trough Optical Performance Analysis Techniques
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Analysis of geometry and optical properties of solar parabolic trough collectors uses a number of specific techniques that have demonstrated to be useful tools in prototype evaluation. These are ...
Experimental Verification of Optical Modeling of Parabolic Trough Collectors by Flux Measurement
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In order to optimize the solar field output of parabolic trough collectors (PTCs), it is essential to study the influence of collector and absorber geometry on the optical performance. The ...
Influence of Measurement Equipment on the Uncertainty of Performance Data from Test Loops for Concentrating Solar Collectors
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Parabolic trough concentrating collectors play a major role in the energy efficiency and economics of concentrating solar power plants. Therefore, existing collector systems are constantly enhanced ...
Experimental Analysis of Overall Thermal Properties of Parabolic Trough Receivers
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The heat loss of a receiver in a parabolic trough collector plays an important role in collector performance. A number of methods have been used to measure the thermal loss of a receiver ...