solar steam Articles
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High efficient utilisation of solar energy with newly developed parabolic trough collectors (SOLITEM PTC) for chilling and steam production in a hotel at the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
Parabolic trough collectors are getting introduced into application for solar process steam generation and high efficient solar chilling. SOLITEM GmbH in Aachen develops and produces its PTC 1800 for these applications. The first installation is made in the Iberotel Sarigermepark in Turkey. Energy supply facilitates, so that hotels and hospitals can economically be optimised by additional ...
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Solar powered mini steam power plant: a simulation approach
The solar powered steam power plant is a mini power plant that is meant to generate power at the location of the consumer hence playing a pivotal role in distributed power generation. This plant will also have a huge impact on the environment as it utilises the sun's energy, making it eco–friendly and reducing its impact on the environment by reducing the amount of fossil fuel consumption. In ...
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Opening markets for CSP – the industrial heat application
Heavy industry can be a viable secondary market today for CSP producers, but questions remain on whether start-up costs are justifiable for industrial users, and how reliable CSP can be for processes that can't pace production by the sun. Solar thermal heat implies steam, and industries that need steam include refining, food processing, wood-working, desalination and chemicals, among others. ...
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The right time for solar augmentation for the CSP industry
While demand for concentrated solar power augmentation of coal-fired plants is picking up with the recent announcement of a 5MW addition to a coal plant in Chile by GDF Suez & Solar Power Group but the fast development of this new market for CSP will only succeed as the costs come down significantly. Last week’s announcement by GDF SUEZ and Solar Power Group of their plans to develop ...
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CSP Today interviews Avi Brenmiller, President and CEO of Brenmiller Energy
In a market that has to ensure that dispatchable power is available at all times, Brenmiller Energy an innovative solar company, provides a modular solar steam generation product for power generation applications. CSP Today speaks to Avi Brenmiller, CEO of Brenmiller Energy, about scalable solutions for both large and smaller users, price competitiveness, steam augmentation and how the ...
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Evils for giant power houses
Giant Electricity Power Houses such as giant thermal power plants or giant nuclear power plants are established either by governments by collecting tax from the people or by giant private companies by collecting huge money by way of shares of the company. In either cases, money comes from the people. Giant Electricity Power Houses give rise to giant factories, centralize production and ...
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Eight Flags Energy CHP Plant - 20 MW Utility CHP System - Pulp & Paper Facility Partnership - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Fernandina Beach, Florida MARKET SECTOR: Utility / Pulp and Paper EXPECTED OPERATION DATE: July 2016 FUEL: Natural Gas GENERATING CAPACITY: 20 MW THERMAL OUTPUT: up to 200,000 lb/hr steam EQUIPMENT: Solar Turbines Titan 250 Rentech HRSG Duct burner 800 ton inlet air chiller USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Rayonier’s process steam and hot water USE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY: ...
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Solarthermal parabolic trough power plants with integrated storage capacity
Parabolic trough power plants use concentrated direct insulation for steam generation in a Rankine cycle. The fundamentals for direct steam generation in parabolic troughs have been developed in recent years, the feasibility was successfully demonstrated at a solar powered test facility reaching steam temperatures of 400°C at a maximum pressure of 100 bar. Important components for the accelerated ...
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Combined Heat and Power Dairy - Kerry Group- Case Study
Owner Kerry Group Location Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland PRODUCT Taurus 70 (8 MWe) Gas Turbine The Kerry primary dairy facility at Listowel, Ireland, installed an 8 MW electricity and 36 tonnes per hour steam combined heat and power (CHP) system consisting of one Taurus 70 gas turbine from Solar Turbines and a heat recovery steam generator. A gas compressor was also installed. Kerry chose ...
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Heating Water to Create Steam with Solar Power - The XCPC Solar Thermal Solution
Achieves temperatures in excess of 200 Degrees C at more than 50% efficiency (the percentage of incident solar radiation converted to useful heat energy) which current market incumbents cannot approach without tracking. Maintains efficiency even at high operating temperatures. Flat plate and other evacuated tube collectors exhibit good efficiency at lower temperatures but heat losses mean that ...
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Exergy analysis of DSG parabolic trough collectors for the optimal integration with a combined cycle
A comprehensive energy and exergy analysis was conducted for various components of a direct steam generation (DSG) parabolic trough solar collector field under nominal operating conditions to assess performance of the components and to optimally integrate them with a thermal system. The solar field was modelled mathematically to compute thermal loss and consequently the thermodynamic ...
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Bucknell University - 6 MW CHP Application - Case Study
Quick Facts Location: Lewisburg, PA Campus Size: 450 acre campus with > 150 buildings, totaling 2.4 MM sq. ft. Student population over 3,300 Campus Loads: 42,000 MWh per yr 7.5 MW peak demand 70,000 lbs per hr steam Prime Movers: Solar Taurus 60 combustion turbine 70k lb/hr HRSG with redundancy Murray KG4 steam turbine Annual Energy Savings: $1.25 MM between 2003 and 2006 Installed System ...
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What is the Best Solar Panel Technology (For Lighting Needs)?
You’re probably aware that Greenshine is a company that specializes in solar lighting. You’re also probably aware that solar lighting uses solar panels. If you’re not aware of these facts, welcome to our site! For the remaining crowd, or for those who we have piqued interest, we’ve developed a comprehensive guide of solar technology and pinpointed the ones that are best ...
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center - 4.6 MW CHP System for Critical Infrastructure - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Jackson, Mississippi MARKET SECTOR: Hospital CHP IN OPERATION SINCE: 1991 GENERATING CAPACITY: 4.6 Megawatts (MW) THERMAL OUTPUT: 30,000 lbs/hr steam COOLING CAPACITY: 2,000 tons chilled water EQUIPMENT: Solar Centaur Gas Turbine Heat Recovery Steam Generator Auxiliary Duct Burner Two (2) Absorption Chillers FUEL: Natural Gas USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Heating, domestic hot ...
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Advanced Solar Thermal Technologies for Clean Water
Artic Solar proposes to integrate a high temperature solar thermal collector and a proprietary steam generator to provide the steam and the required energy for a solar thermal distillation or evaporation system. The ability to generate steam on a continuous basis using water for the heat transfer fluid in the collector closed loop increases efficiency and lowers the cost of energy required for ...
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More transparency needed on solar field cost and performance
Novatec Biosol will be participating actively in the 4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit (Nov 15-17) as an exhibitor and sponsor. The rise of the Fresnel system to the hierarchy of CSP is one of the issues that will be actively discussed at this industry flagship event with a 700 strong attendance. CSP Today: What are the next steps to achieving greater cost ...
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