Solar Power Collector Breadboard Test Program

Norman S. Goralnick

doi:10.1117/12.978110

16 March 1976 Solar Power Collector Breadboard Test Program

Norman S. Goralnick

Proceedings Volume 0068, Optics in Solar Energy Utilization I; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978110
Event: 19th Annual Technical Symposium, 1975, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Itek's objective in the field of high temperature solar energy has been to develop an efficient and inexpensive method of collecting the sun's energy - ultimately for use in a solar-thermal-electric power plant. A unique and simple concept has emerged in the development process. On the basis of that concept, Itek received a grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a Solar Power Collector Breadboard Test Program. *This paper describes Itek's collector approach and discusses the test program. A summary is given including the program objectives, hardware problems encountered, corrective actions taken, performance measurements and evaluation, and results of a preliminary operational system cost analysis.

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Norman S. Goralnick "Solar Power Collector Breadboard Test Program", Proc. SPIE 0068, Optics in Solar Energy Utilization I, (16 March 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978110

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