Slope error measurements of parabolic troughs using the reflected image of the absorber tube

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0110141-0110145

  Ulmer, Steffen ^a   Heinz, Boris ^b   Pottler, Klaus ^a   Lüpfert, Eckhard ^c  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorber reflection method; Deflectometry; Distant observer; Parabolic troughSlope error; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY; DEFLECTOMETRY; DISTANT OBSERVER; FAST METHODS; GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OBSERVATION POINT; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGHSLOPE ERROR; SLOPE ERRORS; TILT ANGLE;

CAMERAS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TIME MEASUREMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

REFLECTION;

EID: 77954934154     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3035811     Document Type: Article

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