Abstract: The issue of reflector soiling becomes more important as concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) are being implemented at sites subject to high dust loads. In an operational power plant, a trade-off between reducing ...

Abstract: Rotating shadowband irradiometers (RSIs) are a common type of radiation sensors for measurement of direct normal irradiance (DNI) at remote sites where daily maintenance of the instruments is not feasible or practicable. ...