2 papers
physics.app-ph2025
Heliostat Optical Error Inspection with Polarimetric Imaging Drone
Mo Tian, Kolappan Chidambaranathan, Md Zubair Ebne Rafique +7
On a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) field, optical errors have significant impacts on the collection efficiency of heliostats. Fast, cost-effective, labor-efficient, and non-intrus…
physics.app-ph2025
A Polarimetry-based Field-deployable Non-interruptive Mirror Soiling Detection Method
Mo Tian, Md Zubair Ebne Rafique, Kolappan Chidambaranathan +5
The soiling level of heliostat mirrors in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) fields is one of the key factors that significantly influences optical efficiency. State-of-the-art methods…