Abstract: The heliostats of central receiver solar power plants reach dimensions up to 150 m2 with focal lengths up to 1000 m. Their optical properties and tracking accuracy have great influence on the ...

Abstract: In concentrating solar power, high-temperature solar receivers can provide heat to highly efficient cycles for electricity or chemical production. Excessive heating of the fused-silica window and ...

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 ...

Abstract: Solar thermal energy generation needs receiver technologies which can drive highly efficient turbines and decouple the collection of energy from its use by an economic storage technology. ...