Evaluation of heliostat field global tracking error distributions by Monte Carlo simulations

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 1308-1317

  Diaz Felix L A ^a   Escobar Toledo, M ^b   Waissman, J ^a   Pitalua Diaz N ^a   Arancibia Bulnes, C A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gaussian distribution; Heliostat; Monte Carlo simulations; Solar tower power plants; Tracking errors

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ERRORS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RANDOM ERRORS; RAY TRACING;

ANGULAR DEVIATIONS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING ERRORS; TRACKING MECHANISM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84902295141     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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