METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING HELIOSTATS IN TOWER PLANT

摘要

Method for distributing heliostats in a tower solar plant surrounded by a field of heliostats that reflect the solar radiation to said tower. The distribution method for said heliostats involves imitating the systems found in nature to maximise light capture (plant seeds, leaves or petals) and is described mathematically by Fermat spirals occurring in a Fibonacci number, through the placement, in polar coordinates, of each heliostat according to a radius and an angle defined by Formula (I) where: rn is the distance from the tower (2) to the position of the heliostat (3), ?n is the angle formed by the radius rn and the radius rn-1, n is the number of the heliostat (3) to be placed, Cn is a constant that depends on each placement and corresponds to the compactness index of the heliostats (3) in the plant, i is the irrational limit of the golden section, i.e. (Formula II)