Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 11, 1112001(2018)

Thermal Control Technology of Primary Mirror of 2.5 m Class Solar Telescope

Ran Zhu1,2,3、*, Bozhong Gu1,2、*, Jieqian Xu1,2,3, Zhiyong Zhang1,2, and Xiangyan Yuan1,2
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  • 1 Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210042, China;
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Astronomical Optics & Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210042, China;
  • 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    The primary mirror of large aperture solar telescope is directly exposed to the air, the temperature difference between the primary mirror and the environment causes the mirror seeing. In order to decrease the mirror seeing, we study the influences of the temperature and the velocity of the cooling air as well as the velocity of the air knife on the mirror seeing. Combined with the primary mirror of 2.5 m called Imaging and Spectroscopic Multi-Application Telescope (ISMAT) of Nanjing University, thermal control technology is studied, and the optimization goal is mirror seeing of 0.02 arcsec. The results of numerical solution show that: the cooling air temperature and the inlet velocity satisfied the optimization goal are 283.15 K and 3.5 m/s without the air knife; the cooling air temperature, the inlet velocity, and velocity of air knife satisfied the optimization goal are 283.15 K, 3 m/s and greater than or equal to 3 m/s.

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    Ran Zhu, Bozhong Gu, Jieqian Xu, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiangyan Yuan. Thermal Control Technology of Primary Mirror of 2.5 m Class Solar Telescope[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(11): 1112001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: May. 22, 2018

    Accepted: Jun. 4, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.1112001

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