• DocumentCode
    3346823
  • Title

    PETAL: a research pathway to fossil-competitive solar electricity

  • Author

    Faiman, David ; Biryukov, Sergey ; Pearlmutter, Kathi Kreske

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Solar Energy & Environ. Phys., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    19-24 May 2002
  • Firstpage
    1384
  • Lastpage
    1387
  • Abstract
    We outline the economic arguments in favor of using large parabolic dishes for CPV. We then discuss methods that have been employed to quantify the optical and tracking properties of PETAL, a 400 m2 parabolic dish facility located at Sede Boqer in the Negev desert. Attention is drawn to the problem of light homogenization at the focal plane, and a method is discussed for achieving adequate homogeneity for CPV purposes.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; solar energy concentrators; CCD camera; Negev desert; PETAL; Sede Boqer; focal plane; light homogenization; maintenance costs; mirror panels; operation costs; parabolic dish; paraboloidal solar concentrator; paraboloidal surface; tracking; Costs; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Jacobian matrices; Laboratories; Mirrors; Optical sensors; Physics; Power generation economics; Solar energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
  • ISSN
    1060-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7471-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190867
  • Filename
    1190867
    • Link To Document
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