| Solar Power Plants |
| John Petkovich |
| Slide 2 |
| Types of Plants |
| Parabolic Trough Solar Electric Generating system | |
| Central Receiver Power Plant | |
| Solar Chimney System | |
| Dish Sterling System | |
| Solar Pond Power Plant |
| Solar Electric Generating |
| Parabolic trough | |
| Range 30-150 MW | |
| Superheated Steam turns Generators |
| Selected SEGS |
| Slide 6 |
| Slide 7 |
| Central Receiver System |
| Field of heliostats (sun tracking mirrors) | |
| Reflected to a tower mounted receiver | |
| Steam generated electricity |
| Selected CRS |
| "Example of a Solar Tower" |
| Example of a Solar Tower |
| Solar Chimney |
| Physical Principals involved | ||
| flat plate air heater | ||
| tall chimney | ||
| vertical axis turbine | ||
| pressure changes are converted into kinetic | ||
| can be designed for 30-100 MW | ||
| one attempt in Spain | ||
| 50 kW from 1986-89 | ||
| 200m tall and 45,000 m2 of collector | ||
| Dish Sterling System |
| Solar collector (paraboloidal dish reflector) | |
| Sterling Engine | |
| Mounted together and modular | |
| gaseous H or He for coolant | |
| 10-15 kW range | |
| interconnected to create 1 MW or more |
| Selected Dish Sterling Sites |
| Solar Pond |
| Collects both Direct and diffuse components | ||
| decreasing salt concentrations | ||
| Higher at bottom / Lower at top | ||
| organic Rankine-cycle engine and vapour generator | ||
| 90oC commonly found at bottom of pond | ||
| Selected Solar Pond Plants |
| Slide 16 |