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Automatic Noncontact Quality Inspection System for Industrial Parabolic Trough Assembly

Klaus Pottler, Marc Röger, Eckhard Lüpfert, Wolfgang Schiel
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. February 2008, 130(1): 011008.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2804628
Published Online: December 28, 2007
...Klaus Pottler; Marc Röger; Eckhard Lüpfert; Wolfgang Schiel The construction of solar thermal power plants with several thousand m 2 of collector area requires quality control measures for components, subsystems, and the entire collector rows. While quality control has a significant potential...
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Topics: Accuracy and precision, Inspection, Manufacturing, Measurement systems, Parabolic troughs, Photogrammetry, Quality control, Solar energy, Steel, Measurement uncertainty
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Photogrammetry: A Powerful Tool for Geometric Analysis of Solar Concentrators and Their Components

Klaus Pottler, Eckhard Lu¨pfert, Glen H. G. Johnston, Mark R. Shortis
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Technical Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. February 2005, 127(1): 94–101.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1824109
Published Online: February 7, 2005
... concentrators (indoor 10 11 or outdoor laser ray trace 12 ), photogrammetry is a universal method for testing almost any type of concentrator or structure. Photogrammetry Quality Control Concentrator Analysis Parabolic Trough Collector Ray-Tracing solar energy concentrators solar...
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Topics: Mirrors, Photogrammetry, Shapes, Solar energy concentrators, Thermal expansion, Gravity (Force), Errors, Ray tracing