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Warning:

Check if there are any restrictions for the commercial use of drones in the area of your plant. A general overview on so called “No fly Zones“ can be found here (But this are NOT official zones for Restricted Airspace):

Always check local authorities for restricted airspace.

If your plant is located within a restriction zone, further steps are required to make sure that commercial drone operations are feasible.

Plant data 

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Data delivered (check field)

Name 

Location 

Address 

GPS coordinates 

Altitude above sea level 

Other plant data 

Type of internet connection (preferably > 100MB/s for efficient data upload) 

Any obstacles (towers, power lines, military base/airport nearby...) 

Solar Field 

 

 

Nominal cold/hot header HTF temperature 

 

 

HCE 

 

 

Diameter of steel tube 

 

 

Diameter of glass tube 

 

 

Cold length of HCE (@20°C) 

 

 

Please fill out the following and additionally send PDF drawings:

SCE Geometry  

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Focal length 

 

 

Aperture width 

 

 

SCE length (mirror edges) (refer to annex, Fig. 1) 

 

 

Dimensions of individual mirrors, mirror gaps, mirror gap at vertex 

 

 

Detail of HCE support: position (refer to annex, Fig. 2) 

 

 

Detail of HCE supports: length tilting parts 

 

 

SCA Geometry (drawing needed) 

 

Number of SCEs per SCA 

 

 

Width of drive pylon (north-south direction) 

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Width of normal pylon (north-south direction) 

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Length of fixed pipes at the drive pylon (pipe length usually depends on position relative to cold header) (refer to annex, Fig. 3 

 

 

Loop Geometry 

 

Number of SCAs per loop (normally 2 in north-south direction and 2 in east-west direction, in total 4) 

 

 

Distance between SCAs in east-west direction 

 

 

Distance between SCAs within the same loop in north-south direction 

 

 

Subfield/ block geometry 

 

GPS coordinates of lower left drive pylon for each sub field 

 

 

Number of loops per sub field in NS direction 

 

 

Deviation of field orientation from north-south axis (most likely 0°) 

 

 

Elevation model (*) 

 

 

Heat transfer fluid flow direction (**) 

 

 

Plant coding system for all components (***) 

 

 

Sample Data Set of Solar Field Operation Time Series (****) 

 

 

Elevation model: 

To adapt the flight routes to your plant, we need an elevation model of your facility. There are three options (option 1 is preferred): 

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In order to integrate your specific nomenclature in the results and visualizations, we need the PCS code structure of your plant. For an HCE, e.g. Sub-09_Loop-06_SCA-03_HCE-05 (what you deliver is what you will see in the web app!)

Plant Coding System

Data delivered

Subfield

Loop

SCA

Sample Data Set of Solar Field Operation Time Series (for detailed explanation see Technical Scope 3.2) 

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This information needs to be delivered as point-separated .csv files. The data needs to be provided and uploaded for each day a measurement has been carried out (+ two hours before and after drone flight time), because HTF temperature and operation status must be available prior to the evaluation. An initial solar field data session will be scheduled after the first kick-off meeting to further explain these requirements. 

Format and sample data set of solar field operations time series data 

Data delivered 

Time series of:   

HTF temperature per SCA (essential) 

Encoder value per SCA (essential) 

Wind speed (improves quality of data) 

Ambient temperature (improves quality of data)