Wind loads on heliostats of various column heights: An experimental study

Mohamed Mammar, Sihem Djouimaa, Ulrich Gärtner and Abderrahmane Hamidat

Energy, 2018, vol. 143, issue C, 867-880

Abstract: Wind tunnel measurements were carried out to analyze the influence of column height and to estimate the steady and unsteady wind loads on heliostats. A heliostat model was tested at three different column heights for typical configurations. Wind pressure distributions across the mirror plane and fluctuating wind pressure characteristics are presented and analyzed.

Keywords: Wind tunnel; Heliostat model; Column height; Pressure coefficient; Vortex shedding frequency; Concentrated solar power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.032

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