Definition of Heliostat. Meaning of Heliostat. Synonyms of Heliostat

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Definition of Heliostat

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Siderostat Sid"er*o*stat, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. ??? standing, fixed, fr. ???? to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

Meaning of Heliostat from wikipedia

- A heliostat (from helios, the Gr**** word for sun, and stat, as in stationary) is a device that includes a mirror, usually a plane mirror, which turns...
- A solar power tower, also known as 'central tower' power plant or 'heliostat' power plant, is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive focused...
- The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts (MW). It uses 173,500 heliostats, each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three...
- level. Key among them are its vertical hanging gardens, cantilevered heliostat, low carbon tri-generation power plant and internal water recycling plant...
- mounts are used, for example, with telescopes, cameras, radio antennas, heliostat mirrors, solar panels, and guns and similar weapons. Several names are...
- lantern or sunlight) were equipped with clockwork heliostats. The Mangin apparatus with heliostat was still in service in 1917. Proposals to automate...
- Exhibition. Further adjustments to the original design included a clockwork heliostat, such as that invented by Léon Foucault in 1862 and built by his son-in-law...
- "PS20 consists of a solar field of 1,255 mirrored heliostats designed by Abengoa Solar. Each heliostat, with a surface area of 120 m2 (1,300 sq ft), reflects...
- panels, parabolic troughs, Fresnel reflectors, lenses, or the mirrors of a heliostat. For flat-panel photovoltaic systems, trackers are used to minimize the...
- second ring of 108 larger 95 m2 (1,000 ft2) heliostats around the existing Solar One, totaling 1926 heliostats with a total area of 82,750 m2 (891,000 ft2)...