Optical performance modeling of a solar tower heliostat field and estimation of receiver temperature

Author

Lara Cerecedo, Luis Omar ; Pitalua-Diaz, Nun ; Salgado Transito, Ivan ; Contreras, Luis E. Velazquez ; Arancibia Bulnes, Camilo

Author_Institution

Univ. de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico

fYear

2013

fDate

13-15 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A ray tracing model of a solar tower heliostat field was developed using SolTrace software. The optical performance of the Heliostat field was evaluated as function of the total number of heliostats, the time and date, and the aiming errors. The calibration of the simulated data was made by taking into account the results of measured experimental tests. The simulated solar radiation flux and temperature distributions in the receiver are also presented.

Keywords

calibration; poles and towers; ray tracing; solar energy concentrators; solar radiation; Heliostat field; SolTrace software; calibration; ray tracing; receiver temperature; solar radiation flux; solar tower heliostat field; temperature distributions; Adaptive optics; Mathematical model; Optical receivers; Poles and towers; Solar radiation; Temperature measurement; central receiver; simulation; solar energy; soltrace; temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), 2013 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on

Conference_Location

Mexico City

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROPEC.2013.6702759

Filename

6702759