Autonomous light-weight heliostat with rim drives

Solar Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-240

  Pfahl, Andreas ^a   Randt, Michael ^b   Holze, Carsten ^c   Unterschütz, Stefan ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous heliostat with rim drives; Ground anchor foundation; Sandwich facet; Wind load reduction

Indexed keywords

GROUND ANCHORS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; MIRROR FACETS; PRECISE SOLUTIONS; RAY TRACING CALCULATIONS; SANDWICH FACET; WIND LOAD; WIRELESS ENERGY;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; DRIVES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOADS (FORCES); WIND STRESS;

COST REDUCTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOUNDATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84876713807     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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