Odeillo's big solar furnace: heliostats field plan
<p>Sketch by Bruno Rivoire of the heliostats field of the CNRS big solar furnace in Odeillo, France:</p> <ul> <li>heliostats layout</li> <li>general heliostats geometry</li> </ul> <p>English translation <em>heliostats01.en.pdf</em> by Emmanuel Guillot.</p> <p>First outside publication (in French) date lost.</p> <p><strong>Check also: </strong></p> <ol> <li>F. Trombe, A. Le Phat Vinh, <em>Thousand kW solar furnace, built by the National Center of Scientific Research, in Odeillo (France)</em>, Solar Energy; Volume 15, Issue 1, May 1973, Pages 57–61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-092X(73)90006-6">https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-092X(73)90006-6</a></li> <li>E. Guillot, R. Rodriguez, N. Boullet, J-L Sans, <em>Some details about the third rejuvenation of the 1000 kWth solar furnace in Odeillo: Extreme performance heliostats</em>, AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 040016 (2018). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067052">https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067052</a></li> </ol>
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