CNRS Odeillo big solar furnace mockup for 3D printing

Mockup of the big solar furnace in Odeillo, operated by CNRS and hosting the laboratory PROMES since 1969.

Now you can 3D print your own solar furnace!! we printed ours in PLA with a Ender 3 FDM printer.

https://www.promes.cnrs.fr

Check also: 

1. F. Trombe, A. Le Phat Vinh, Thousand kW solar furnace, built by the National Center of Scientific Research, in Odeillo (France), Solar Energy; Volume 15, Issue 1, May 1973, Pages 57–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-092X(73)90006-6
2. E. Guillot, R. Rodriguez, N. Boullet, J-L Sans, Some details about the third rejuvenation of the 1000 kWth solar furnace in Odeillo: Extreme performance heliostats, AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 040016 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067052
3. Bruno Rivoire, & Emmanuel Guillot. (2010). Odeillo's big solar furnace: heliostats field plan (Version 2000). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8005925