Table of Contents
1: Introduction to CSP systems and performance
1.1 General introduction to CSP
1.2 Design and components of CSP technologies
1.3 Main applications and markets
1.4 Major test laboratories (infrastructure) for CSP component testing
2: Principles of CSP performance assessment
2.1 Measurement parameters for performance assessment
2.3 Standardization activities for CSP performance assessment
Part One: CSP component performance
3.2 Fundamentals of concentrating optics and processes in solar mirrors
3.3 Materials and configurations
3.4 Measurement and assessment
4.1 Introduction to receiver types and design, performance parameters, impact on overall system
4.2 Measurement of optical parameters on small samples
4.3 Nondestructive heat loss measurement in the laboratory
4.4 Optical performance measurement in the laboratory
Part Two: CSP system performance
5: System performance measurements
5.2 Optical assessment tools for solar systems
5.3 Performance assessment of power and energy
Part Three: Performance degradation and durability of CSP components
6: Assessment of durability and accelerated aging methodology of solar reflectors
6.2 Outdoor testing for yield of reference data
6.3 Standards for accelerated aging
6.4 Correlating accelerated aging tests with outdoor tests
Part Four: Methods and instruments under development
7: New methods and instruments for performance and durability assessment
7.4 New guidelines and standards under development
8: Methods to provide meteorological forecasts for optimum CSP system operations