New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats

A heliostats field is an array of mirrors concentrating the solar power on a receiver, typically placed on a tower. Our research experience in the optical design of heliostats fields for Concentrating Solar Power plants suggested using apposite simulation procedures, which were especially developed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paola Sansoni, Franco Francini, Daniela Fontani, Elisa Sani, Luca Mercatelli, David Jafrancesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/523947