Video Scanning Hartmann Optical Testing of state-of-the-art parabolic trough concentrators

American Solar Energy Society - Solar 2006: 35th ASES Annual Conf., 31st ASES National Passive Solar Conf., 1st ASES Policy and Marketing Conf., ASME Solar Energy Division Int. Solar Energy Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1083-1091

  Wendelin, Tim ^a   May, Ken ^b   Gee, Randy ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Industrial Solar Technology Corporation   (United States)

^c Solargenix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATOR DESIGN; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; HARTMANN; OPTICAL TEST; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS HEAT; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCALE-UP; SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATING SYSTEMS; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; WORLD ENERGIES; WORLD ENERGY SCENARIO;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; MARKETING; OPTICAL TESTING; SOLAR ENERGY;

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EID: 84867967709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. st Century, a joint ASME/JSME/JSES/KSME International Conference, April 11-15,1999, Maui, Hawaii.
2. Jones, S.A. Gruetzner, J.K., Houser, R.M., Edgar, R.M., Wendelin, T.J., 1997, "VSHOT Measurement Uncertainty and Experimental Sensitivity Study", Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Vol. 3, pp. 1877-1882.
3. Malacara, D., 1978, Optical Shop Testing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
4. Wendelin, T. and Gee, R., 2004, "Optical Evaluation of Composite-Based Reflector Facets For Parabolic Trough Concentrators", Proceedings of the ASME International Solar Energy Conference 2004, Paper # ISEC2004-65151.