UFACET Flight Data

The UFACET system is designed to fly a scanning passes over a heliostat field, to obtain a video of heliostats with the backs of preceding heliostats seen in reflection, sweeping across. OpenCSP_Code contains related code implementations, and OpenCSP_Data contains related data, including flight plans, captured videos, flight logs, and other data.

The UFACET system is designed to fly a scanning passes over a heliostat field, to obtain a video of heliostats with the backs of preceding heliostats seen in reflection, sweeping across. OpenCSP_Code contains related code implementations, and OpenCSP_Data contains related data, including flight plans, captured videos, flight logs, and other data.

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The UFACET system flying over a heliostat field

Location

OpenCSP_Box: OpenCSP_Data/ Sandia_NSTTF_Data/UFACET/2032-12-03_FastScan1/

Status

In review for posting

Documentation

  • R. Brost, D. Small, D. Novick, and B. Bean. High-Speed UAV Assessment of Heliostat Fields.  Presented at Near Earth Autonomy, April 1, 2024.
  • R. C. Brost, D. E. Small, D. Novick, and B. Bean. High-Speed Assessment of Heliostat Fields without Disrupting Operations. 
    ES 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington, DC, July 2023.
  • R. C. Brost, P. A. Apostolopoulos, D. E. Small, D. K. Novick, N. R. Jackson, Micah S. Mann, and Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou. High-Speed In-Situ Optical Scanning of Heliostat Fields.  SolarPACES 2021.