The ability of a tilted array of toroidally contoured, equatorially mounted heliostats to provide extremely high radiant energy concentrations is investigated. The US Army's White Sands Missile Range requires flux densities of 300 cal/cm2-s (12.6 MW/m2) over a 1/2 m2 area for the purposes of simulating the thermal effects of a nuclear event. A computer simulation was used to measure the effect of selected parameters on array performance. Three array configurations were then defined and their performances evaluated. The highest flux density profile has a peak value of 425 cal/cm2-sec (17.9 MW/m2). The target area covered by a flux of at least 300 cal/cm2-sec is slightly greater than 1/2 m2. This flux profile was produced by an array optimized for noon on the winter solstice using 26000 m2 of heliostat area.


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    Title :

    A high intensity solar facility for simulating thermal nuclear environments


    Additional title:

    Eine Solaranlage hoher Intensität zur Simulation thermischer nuklearer Umgebungen


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    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 2 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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