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Handout 16 ME 450
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
1. Smaller-scale, Low-Concentration-Ratio Systems
a. Back Reflector
Ref: www.fossilfreedom.com
b. Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
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c. Plane Reflector
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2. Larger, Higher-Concentration-Ratio systems
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a. Parabolic Trough
www.solel.com
KJC (now Solel) Mojave Desert – 200 MWSolar Electric Generating System (SEGS)
2.3 million square meters of mirror surface area
Each collector: 25 ft high by 50 ft long To improve their performance they can be rotated about their roll
axis.
Fluid: synthetic oil; operating temperature: 400 ºC
WORLDS LARGEST SOLAR THERMAL POEWER PLANT
Also: Nevada One, Boulder City, CA: 64 MW plant (World’s 2nd Largest solar thermal plant)
Coming Soon (in 2011): Mojave Solar Park (553 MW). Will be world’s largest solar thermal power plant (to be built by Solel).
Coming Soon (in 2013): Kingman, Ariziona (340 MW) “Will be world’s largest” (assuming Mojave solar park falls through?
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b. Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR)
Liddel Solar Thermal Plant, Phase I (1 MW), New South Wales, Australia, built by Ausra (www.ausra.com), 2004.
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Barstow, CA (5 MW). Also built by Ausra.
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c. Parabolic Dish Reflector
Solar Stirling power plant (probably about 25 kW) (photo: Patriotsolargroup.com)
**Stirling Energy Systems and utility Southern California Edison are building a 500-megawatt solar power plant to open in 2009. The plant will be the first commercial application of the Stirling Solar Dish. (source: geotimes.com)
Can also be used for concentrated PV systems (will ignore for now, since PV is not solar thermal).
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d. Central Receiver Plant(AKA Heliostat Power Plant, Solar Power Tower)
Solar One: 1982-1986 (10 MW)Expanded into Solar Two: 1995-1999.
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See a virtual field trip of Solar Two at http://www.ieesocal.org/review3.html.
Other Central Receiver Plants:
11 MW plant in Seville, Spain
Coming Soon (2011): Ivanpah, California (Mojave Desert) – 400 MW