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JPL's parabolic dish test siteA parabolic dish test site (PDTS) was established in the California Mojave Desert to carry out work in testing solar point focusing concentrator systems and related hardware. The site was chosen because of its high solar insolation level and year around clear sky conditions. The various facilities and equipment at the PDTS, and the concentrator experiments being performed are described.
Document ID
19800016283
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hagen, T. L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
May 15, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Proc. of the First Semiann. Distributed Receiver Program Rev.
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
80N24776
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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