Shaping solar concentrator mirrors by radiative heating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9175, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Angel, Roger ^a,b   Stalcup, Thomas ^a,b   Wheelwright, Brian ^a   Warner, Stephen ^a   Hammer, Kimberly ^a   Frenkel, Mira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b REhnu Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

furnace; glass shaping; mirror fabrication; second surface; slope metrology; Solar reflectors

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING; FURNACES; GLASS; HEAT RADIATION; MANUFACTURE; MIRRORS; MOLDS; RADIANT HEATING; REFLECTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; BATCH FURNACES; CONVECTIVE COOLING; HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURES; OPTICAL METROLOGY; PRODUCTION LINE; RADIATIVE HEATING; SHORT FOCAL LENGTHS;

HEATING;

EID: 84937939958     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2062394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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