INTRODUCTION SOLAR POWER TOWER MAIN CLASSIFICATION APPLICATION ADVANTAGES CONCLUSION REFERENCE

 

Solar power tower is a type of power plant Early 1980s power towers have been fielded in Russia,Italy.Spain,Japan and United States Power towers are commercially less mature than parabolic trough system Thermal energy collected at the receiver was used to generate steam directly to drive a turbine generator Main power towers are Solar One & Solar Two

  

Operated from 1982 to 1988 Worlds largest power tower plant Main parts are :  Heliostat  Receiver  Steam generator  Steam turbine  Condenser  Two tanks for cold and hot storage

 

 

Storage mediums are rocks/oil The heliostats consisted of 1818 heliostats of 39.3m2 reflective area Power output is 10MW The storage system was complex and thermodynamically inefficient Solar one successfully demonstrated power tower technology

Ability to generate 10MW for eight hours a day at summer and four hours a day at winter Feasibility of generating power with a power tower

  

Storage medium is nitrate salt(60% sodium nitrate, 40% potassium nitrate) Reduce technical & risks of power tower Designed & built by Boeings Rockedyne division Panels form in cylindrical shell surrounding piping, structural supports & control equipment

    

Tubes are coated with Pyromark paint Receiver absorbs maximum amount of sunlight Reduce heat loss due to convection & radiation Consists of 875000 liter storage tank Stainless steel and carbon steel are used for the construction of hot and cold tanks

 

Thermal capacity is 110MWh Salt in the cold tank is pumped with multi- stage centrifugal pumps up the tower to the receiver

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS  Planning and designing of utility size power plant  Helpful in developing commercially viable power plants

NOVEL APPLICATIONS
   

Use of pit minesstadium seating helps over come blocking constriant A pit power combines solar power tower & aeroelectric power tower Collect water having been dug below the water table Re-purposing of a pit mine helps the reusing mine infrastructure

Increase the capacity factor

  

Inexpensive and efficient energy storage system Increasing the monetary value of electricity No hazardous gaseous or liquid emissions are released Condamination of soil due to salt not occur

 

Solar power towers are most efficient plant used for power production Efficient storage system Pollution free

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