Concentrated solar power plants Irfan Ullah Department of Information and Communication Engineering Myongji university, Yongin, South Korea 28 May, 2013 Copyright © solarlits.com
Contents Introduction Concentrated Solar Power Solar Power Plant Projects Daylighting Daylighting Systems Conclusions 1/23
Introduction Combustion of fossil fuel is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions Population by major region CO2 emissions by region International energy agency (IEA) 2009 2/23
Introduction cont’d.. Renewable energy technologies are clean sources of energy that have a much lower environmental impact Residential market penetration Additions to electricity generation capacity in the commercial sector, 2010-2035 (gigawatts) World renewable electricity generation by source, 2005-2035 (billion kilowatthours) U.S. Energy information administration (EIA) 2012 3/23
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Concentrated solar power plant Collecting, focusing, transmitting, and conversion of solar energy 4/23
Solar Power Plant Projects Micro-scaled Concentrated Solar Power Plant Parabolic troughs: 1000 Power: 2 MW Location: Kona District, Hawaii, USA 5/23
Solar Power Plant Projects cont’d.. Ivanpah solar thermal power system Number of plants: 3 Size: Approx. 3,500 acres Tower height: 450 foot Heliostats: 173,000 Power Production: 370-392 MW Location Ivanpah Dry Lake, California The PALEN solar thermal power system Units: 2 Size: 3800 acres Power production: 500 MW Home served annually: 200,000 Expected construction date: 2013/2014 Location: California 6/23
Solar Power Plant Projects cont’d.. Hydraulic Motor Parabolic troughs: 258,048 Concentration: 1000 times Absorber Pipes: 27,648 Power: 100 MW Location: Shams 1, Abu Dhabi Tracking with nano-composite 7/23
Solar Power Plant Projects cont’d.. Size: 100 acres Power Production: 29 MW thermal Electrical Output: Approx. 13 MWe (megawatts electric) Tower Height: 327 feet Number of Heliostats: 3,822 Location: Coalinga, California Completed: September 2011 8/23
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) 9/23
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) cont’d.. Solar Techno Park concentrates sunlight on solar cell Tower height: 20 m Concentration: 1000 times Power: 40-60 kW Location: Tokyo, Japan IBM-led Group Hundreds of photovoltaic chips Concentration: 2,000 suns Power: 25 KW Location: Kona District, Hawaii, USA 10/23
Solar Thermal Photovoltaic System Losses occurring in the CPV system 11/23
Solar Islands https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D1XyR3YOVZQ 12/23
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