Abstract
Heliostat mirror soiling is one of the significant factors for reduced optical efficiency of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) fields. However, it remains challenging to determine the mirror soiling patterns across the large area of the CSP field. Here we propose a fast and field deployable inspection method to measure the heliostat mirror soiling levels based on polarization images in regular daylight settings without additional light sources. Under sunny and clear sky conditions, we have demonstrated accurate measurement of reflection efficiency (error ~1%) for mirrors with different soiling levels.
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Solar Energy Technologies Office
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