A Method for the Installation Measurement and Alignment of a Mirror Unit in the Solar Dish Concentrator
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Abstract
The mirror unit installation error of the solar parabolic dish concentrator can adversely affect its optical performance causing optical intercept losses and hot spots on the absorber surface, which in turn affect safety. Thus, minimizing mirror installation error is considered very important. In this paper, a new method for the facet installation measurement and facet alignment of the mirror unit in the dish concentrator is presented. Firstly, a “clean” facet installation error measurement method using photogrammetry is presented. The photogrammetry measures the spatial coordinates of three feature points to reverse the mirror facet alignment error parameters. Next, two novel methods, a three-rotation alignment method and two-rotation alignment method for aligning the mirror facet are presented and corresponding mathematical models. The advantage of these alignment methods is that the adjustment value and order for each support bolt can be determined before the mirror facet is aligned, which could provide quantitative adjustment information to operator and avoid repeated adjustments. Finally, validity of the installation measurement and facet alignment method was verified by a numerical simulation and an experiment using a metal facet alignment. The presented methods do not rely on the geometry of the reflector mirror and could therefore have extensive uses in applications such solar tower and trough concentrator.
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OpenAlex topics: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems · solar cell performance optimization · Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
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Affiliations
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
Institute of Intelligent equipment Technology, Hunan Vocational College of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of People’s Republic of China · Hunan Province Natural Science Foundation of People’s Republic of China · Scientific Research Project of Hunan Education Department
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