Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology

  • 8h 19m
  • Lourdes Ramirez Santigosa, Manuel J. Blanco
  • Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
  • 2017

After decades of research and development, concentrating solar thermal (CST) power plants (also known as concentrating solar power (CSP) and as Solar Thermal Electricity or STE systems) are now starting to be widely commercialized. Indeed, the IEA predicts that by 2050, with sufficient support over ten percent of global electricity could be produced by concentrating solar thermal power plants. However, CSP plants are just but one of the many possible applications of CST systems. Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology provides detailed information on the latest advances in CST systems research and technology. It promotes a deep understanding of the challenges the different CST technologies are confronted with, of the research that is taking place worldwide to address those challenges, and of the impact that the innovation that this research is fostering could have on the emergence of new CST components and concepts. It is anticipated that these developments will substantially increase the cost-competiveness of commercial CST solutions and reshape the technological landscape of both CST technologies and the CST industry. After an introductory chapter, the next three parts of the book focus on key CST plant components, from mirrors and receivers to thermal storage. The final two parts of the book address operation and control and innovative CST system concepts.

Key Features

  • Contains authoritative reviews of CST research taking place around the world
  • Discusses the impact this research is fostering on the emergence of new CST components and concepts that will substantially increase the cost-competitiveness of CST power
  • Covers both major CST plant components and system-wide issues

Readership

R&D professionals in the CST industry as well as postgraduate researchers in academia working on CST

In this Book

  • Introduction to Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Technologies
  • Advanced Mirror Concepts for Concentrating Solar Thermal Systems
  • Improved Design for Linear Fresnel Reflector Systems
  • A New Generation of Absorber Tubes for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Systems
  • Innovative Working Fluids for Parabolic Trough Collectors
  • A New Generation of Solid Particle and other High-Performance Receiver Designs for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Central Tower Systems
  • Next Generation of Liquid Metal and other High-Performance Receiver Designs for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Central Tower Systems
  • Supercritical CO2 and other Advanced Power Cycles for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Systems
  • Advances in Dry Cooling for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Power Plants
  • High-Temperature Latent Heat Storage for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Systems
  • Thermochemical Energy Storage for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Systems
  • Thermal Energy Storage Concepts for Direct Steam Generation (DSG) Solar Plants
  • Forecasting and Nowcasting of DNI for Concentrating Solar Thermal Systems
  • Advanced Control Strategies to Maximize ROI and the Value of the Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Plant to the Grid
  • Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) Plants Using Superheated Steam, Molten Salts, and other Heat Transfer Fluids
  • Central Tower Systems Using the Brayton Cycle
  • Solar Power Towers Using Supercritical CO2 and Supercritical Steam Cycles, and Decoupled Combined Cycles
  • Solar Thermal Processing
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