...Andreas Pfahl An overview of carousel heliostats is given. The general advantages and disadvantages are explained first. To distinguish between the different designs, possible variants of the carousel architecture and of the main components are described. Most of these variants can be found...

...Jeremy Sment; Alexander Zolan Deployment of the solar field of a concentrating solar power plant is one of many factors that are integral to the success of a project. Knowledge transfer from outside the industry is limited due to the unique nature of heliostats, which redirect sunlight...

...Hayden J. Wisniewski; Ian J. Arnold; Daewook Kim; Heng E. Zuo; Brandon D. Chalifoux Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants need to monitor the surface slope error of thousands of heliostats with sub-milliradian accuracy. Large numbers of heliostats installed in harsh environments mean...

...R.L. Durán; J.F. Hinojosa; P. Sosa-Flores A computational fluid dynamics study about the aerodynamic loads over a heliostat due to an atmospheric boundary layer flow using a modified k–ɛ turbulence model is presented. A new formulation is used, in which the model quantities vary with the velocity...

.... Assoc. Editor: Markus Eck. 06 11 2012 29 09 2013 In central receiver systems, the ideal reflective shape of a heliostat is a section of a paraboloid that adapting with the sun's angle and the mirror's location in the field. Deviation from this shape leads to optical astigmatism...

...Philipp Schramek; David R. Mills; Wes Stein; Peter Le Lièvre A close-packed heliostat field of more than 800 m 2 reflector area has been installed by Solar Heat and Power for the CSIRO solar tower at the Energy Centre in Newcastle, Australia. The heliostat field has been designed with significantly...