Design of Solar Thermal Power Plants introduces the basic design methods of solar thermal power plants for technicians engaged in solar thermal power generation engineering. This b ... read full description Since the beginning of the 21st century, energy and environmental problems have become increasingly more conspicuous.
Solar thermal power plants are now replacing conventional power plants for the power production. There is a dire need to design new technologies for clean power generation. In this paper solar tower structure is designed for a 50MW solar thermal power plant.
In this paper solar tower structure is designed for a 50MW solar thermal power plant. A review of different types of towers used in solar thermal power plant is included at the start. Design process of tower structure is started by designing a tower structure based on the height requirement obtained from ray trace analysis.
There is a dire need to design new technologies for clean power generation. In this paper solar tower structure is designed for a 50MW solar thermal power plant. A review of different types of towers used in solar thermal power plant is included at the start.
The initial nominal power demand of the proposed solar thermal plant is 10 MWe functioning in a Rankine cycle using Therminol VP1 thermal oil (HTF) as working fluid. The average monthly power of the designed plant is 9.98 MW. The capacity factor of the proposed power plant comes out to be 36%.
The lighting system of the power plant shall use a power supply network with separate normal and emergency lighting. Thermal automation design shall include meteorological instruments, a solar radiometer set, a meteorological station, thermal inspection, a thermal alarm, thermal protection, thermal control, and a thermal automation laboratory.