Computational investigation of worst-case wind loads on a heliostat pod for different reflector aspect ratios

dc.contributor.upauthorMarais, M.D.
dc.contributor.upauthorCraig, K.J. (Kenneth)
dc.contributor.upauthorMeyer, Josua P.
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-25T07:59:23Z
dc.date.available2015-08-25T07:59:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractPaper presented to the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractHeliostat structures contribute significantly to the cost of a central receiver power plant. This study was concerned with obtaining wind loadings on a modular heliostat pod (HelioPOD) that houses six reflectors as developed by Stellenbosch University’s Solar Thermal Research Group (STERG) using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Mean wind loadings were obtained for different combinations of elevation and azimuth angle, as well as different reflector aspect ratios, meshing and parameterizing the domain with ANSYS Workbench v15.0 and solving the steady-state flow field using ANSYS Fluenten_ZA
dc.description.librariancf2015en_ZA
dc.format.extent6 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarais, M.D., Craig, K.J. & Meyer, J.P. 2015, 'Computational investigation of worst-case wind loads on a heliostat pod for different reflector aspect ratios', Paper presented to the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/49512
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisher3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.en_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 University of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.subjectHeliostat poden_ZA
dc.subjectWind loadingsen_ZA
dc.subjectReflector aspect ratiosen_ZA
dc.subjectSteady-state flow fielden_ZA
dc.subjectNumerical modelen_ZA
dc.titleComputational investigation of worst-case wind loads on a heliostat pod for different reflector aspect ratiosen_ZA
dc.typePresentationen_ZA

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