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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| author | Paola Sansoni Franco Francini Daniela Fontani Elisa Sani Luca Mercatelli David Jafrancesco |
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| description | 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 to simplify the reproduction of heliostats fields and to support in the analysis of the tower plant performances. Our most practically useful simulation tools are presented in this paper with exemplificative application results. The proposed strategies are addressed to solve specific problems and to evidence particularly crucial features. The main program facilitates the heliostats field analysis, exploiting the integration between our software code and Zemax. A side program permits to assess effects of seasonal and daily variations of solar irradiation. Another dedicated side code simplifies the selection of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator as secondary optics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ec48f18013a4856923e19b8d80e099d2025-02-03T05:44:29ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/523947523947New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of HeliostatsPaola Sansoni0Franco Francini1Daniela Fontani2Elisa Sani3Luca Mercatelli4David Jafrancesco5CNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyCNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyCNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyCNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyCNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyCNR-INO National Institute of Optics, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, ItalyA 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 to simplify the reproduction of heliostats fields and to support in the analysis of the tower plant performances. Our most practically useful simulation tools are presented in this paper with exemplificative application results. The proposed strategies are addressed to solve specific problems and to evidence particularly crucial features. The main program facilitates the heliostats field analysis, exploiting the integration between our software code and Zemax. A side program permits to assess effects of seasonal and daily variations of solar irradiation. Another dedicated side code simplifies the selection of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator as secondary optics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/523947 |
| spellingShingle | Paola Sansoni Franco Francini Daniela Fontani Elisa Sani Luca Mercatelli David Jafrancesco New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats |
| title_full | New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats |
| title_fullStr | New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats |
| title_short | New Strategies and Simulation Tools to Optically Design a Field of Heliostats |
| title_sort | new strategies and simulation tools to optically design a field of heliostats |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/523947 |
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