OpenCSP is an open-source platform including source code, applications, and data to enable collaborative development for the CSP community worldwide, supporting industry, research, and education.
Foundation Classes
The OpenCSP foundation classes provide a general-purpose representation for a hierarchy of collector objects: Mirror, Facet, FacetEnsemble, Heliostat, SolarField.
SOFAST Temperature
We interfaced SOFAST with a temperature chamber at CFV Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and characterized the change in mirror optical shape as a function of temperature.
Distortion Effects in CSP Mirrors
Description of distortion effects that appear in CSP mirror reflections.
Sandia Heliostat Canting Prescriptions
The heliostats at the Sandia National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) have 25 facets each. The relative angle of these heliostats are set to maximize solar flux during tests, using an off-axis canting prescription.
SOFAST 2.0
SOFAST 2.0 is a system for measuring a high-resolution map of mirror slope.
SpotAnalysis
SpotAnalysis is the generalized analysis of a beam of light on an optical target.
SOFAST CAD Layout Tool
The SOFAST CAD Layout Tool provides an interactive system in SolidWorks for designing a SOFAST layout.
Interactive 2-d Ray Trace
Simple interactive tool for visualizing concentrating reflections in
2-d.
Beam Characterization System
The Equinox data set contains over 100,000 Beam Characterization System (BCS) images collected at the Sandia National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) heliostat field.
High-Precision Calibration Mirror Design
At Sandia we have designed, acquired, and characterized a high-precision reference mirror for cross-checking the accuracy of complex CSP optical metrology systems.
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