In high winds, mirrors go to flat position and all of the flux goes incident and airborne. Ivanpah is a high wind area. http://www.nabsa.org
On Thursday, April 10, 2014, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > ChemE Stewart > <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > wrote: > > >> Efficiency/85% heat transfer efficiency @ solar boiler/90% mirror >> efficiency = 1700 megawatts airborne flux, THAT IS A GOOD BIRD ZAPPER >> > > Close to the tower it would be. When a bird flies a few meters away from > the surface of one mirror, it is no different than flying in full sunlight > or in sunlight reflected from glass or water. > > I do not know at what distance from the tower the beams of light join > together to be brighter and hotter than ordinary sunlight. > > I expect birds would not approach the tower because it is so bright. > > Millions of birds are killed by smoke from coal plants, and steam from > coal, gas and nuke plants. > > - Jed > >
