The wooden frame of the CSP piping assembly was to be installed on the U-line H-2462GR dolly. To do this four brackets must be designed and manufactured to hold the four vertical wooden beams. The screws and brackets do not need to support the vertical load of the frame assembly as the posts are to…

The design of the CSP project consisted of the solar concentrator, collector, and thermal reservoir. This project aimed to exploit the accrued thermal energy for electrical use via an ORC. To determine the feasibility of using an ORC a parametric tool was designed to determine the performance of an…