| Description |
1 online resource (8 p.) : ill. |
| Series |
NREL/CP ; 5500-49305 |
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Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; NREL/CP-5500-49305.
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| System Details |
Full text available via Internet in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (NREL, viewed Nov. 1, 2010). |
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"October 2010." |
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"Presented at SolarPACES 2010, Perpignan, France, September 21-24, 2010." |
| Summary |
This purely analytical work is based primarily on the geometric optics of the system and shows sensitivities to various design and operational parameters. We discuss sources of error with measuring devices, instrument calibrations, and operator measurements for a parabolic trough test. In this paper, we include both the random (precision) and systematic (bias) errors for VSHOT testing and their contributions to the uncertainty. The contributing factors that we considered in this study are target tilt, target face to laser output distance, instrument vertical offset, scanner tilt, distance between the tool and the test piece, camera calibration, and scanner/calibration. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Funding |
DE-AC36-08GO28308. CP09.1001 |
| Subject |
Parabolic troughs -- Testing -- Congresses.
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Optical measurements -- Analysis -- Congresses.
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Uncertainty -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Gray, Allison.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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SolarPACES (Conference)
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-04 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.17:NREL/CP-5500-49305 |
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