Abstract
The Australian National University (ANU) has worked for many years on paraboloidal dish solar concentrators and demonstrated a 400m2 system in 1994. The commercialization of this technology has involved a re-design of the Big Dish concept for mass production. The new design is a 500m2 concentrator with 13.4m focal length and altitude-azimuth tracking. It uses 380 identical spherical 1.17m×1.17m mirror panels, which incorporate the Glass-on-Metal Laminate mirrors. Construction of a first prototype on the ANU campus began in the first quarter of 2008. The first on sun test was carried out on 29 June 2009.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 620-626 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Solar Energy |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2011 |