Heliostat Wind Effect Instrumentation

eSolar Engineering, 2013-14

Liaison(s): David Gross ’08
Advisor(s): Philip Cha
Students(s): Alex Flake (TL-S), Sarah Lichtman (TL-F), Katherine Anderson, Kyle Siegel, Thibaud Cochet (EX), Tony Lee (F)

The eSolar clinic team has been asked to design, build and test a data acquisition system to measure the effect of wind on an eSolar heliostat. This system must interface with existing heliostat design and withstand desert conditions. The system design will include sensor selection and calibration, data collection, data processing, and data visualization and storage.