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An Update on Solar Central Receiver Systems, Projects, and Technologies
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2002Central Receiver Systems that use large heliostat fields and solar receivers located on top of a tower are now in the position to deploy the first generation of grid-connected commercial plants. The technical feasibility of the CRS power plants technology can be valued as sufficiently mature after the pioneering experience at the early 1980s of several
Romero, M., Buck, R., Pacheco, J.E.
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Simulation of Utility-Scale Central Receiver System Power Plants
ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2, 2009The operation of solar energy systems is necessarily transient. Over the lifetime of a concentrating solar power plant, the system operates at design conditions only occasionally, with the bulk of operation occurring under part-load conditions depending on solar resource availability.
Michael J. Wagner +2 more
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1987
As may be seen from the schematic in Fig. 8, the CRS plant consists of a field of 93 heliostats which reflect the sun onto a heat capturing device called a “receiver”. The heliostats track the sun during the day keeping its image reflected onto the receiver aperture.
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As may be seen from the schematic in Fig. 8, the CRS plant consists of a field of 93 heliostats which reflect the sun onto a heat capturing device called a “receiver”. The heliostats track the sun during the day keeping its image reflected onto the receiver aperture.
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Optimized secondary concentrators for a partitioned central receiver system
Solar Energy, 2000We present secondary concentrators with non-regular shapes for increasing the concentration of radiation from a given field of heliostats, well suited for partitioning the receiver into several units, arranged side by side. For a general heliostat field with a non-axisymmetric directional distribution of the radiation at the entrance aperture of the ...
A. Timinger +3 more
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Theoretical concentration of solar radiation by central receiver systems
Solar Energy, 1983Abstract Solar concentrations by central receiver systems have been calculated theoretically for various values of obliquity of the incident radiation, assuming that plane heliostat-mirrors, sufficiently small in dimension, cover a circular field without clearance.
Takemaro Sakurai, Yukio Shibata
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Solar central receiver power plant control system concept
1988This report describes the results of a study to determine control system design features and to propose innovative conceptual approaches necessary to increase the productivity of operation and maintenance personnel required to operate a solar thermal central receiver power plant. This study utilized experience gained at the 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central
A Mathur, C Koch
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Low-profile heliostat design for solar central receiver systems
Solar Energy, 1977Heliostat designs intended to reduce costs and the effect of adverse wind loads on the devices were developed. Included was the low-profile heliostat consisting of a stiff frame with sectional focusing reflectors coupled together to turn as a unit. The entire frame is arranged to turn angularly about a center point.
E. Fourakis, A.M. Severson
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Central nervous system toxicity in a patient receiving continuous intrapleural bupivacaine
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 1996A patient developed signs of central nervous system (CNS) toxicity during treatment of postthoracotomy pain with a continuous intrapleural bupivacaine infusion. This incident occurred after the patient's chest tube was clamped, without any decrease in the bupivacaine infusion rate.
J M, Kreitzer, S S, Reuben
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Experimental Method to Find the Flux Variation on the Receiver of Central Receiver System
Mathematical Statistician and Engineering Applications, 2022Concentrating solar technologies can be used for power generation as well as industrial process heating. A point focusing solar collector forms a flux distribution on the receiver plate in two dimensions at the focal plane. A tool or method for analyzing the flux distribution nature can be great helpful to know the optical quality of the receiver ...
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Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation-Central Receiver Systems
Volume 6: Oil and Gas Applications; Concentrating Solar Power Plants; Steam Turbines; Wind Energy, 2012This work presents a comparative study between direct steam generation central receiver solar power plants working at live steam conditions similar to those found in commercial plants. PS10 and PS20 by Abengoa Solar use a single-receiver, producing saturated steam, whereas Sierra SunTower by e-Solar and Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS ...
Javier Sanz-Bermejo +2 more
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