Slope measurements of parabolic dish concentrators using color-coded targets

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0110151-0110155

  Ulmer, Steffen ^a   Heller, Peter ^a   Reinalter, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color target; Distant observer; Optical measurement; Parabolic dish; Ray tracing; Shape measurement; Slope error

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COLOR; ERRORS; FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAY TRACING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TARGETS; VECTORS;

CODED TARGETS; DESIGN VALUES; DISH CONCENTRATORS; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FOCAL PLANES; HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENT SET-UP; NORMAL VECTORS; OBSERVATION POINTS; OPTICAL AXES; PARABOLIC DISH (PD); PARABOLIC SHAPE; RAY TRACING; SLOPE ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC (CO);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 47049127141     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2807193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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