Solar-assisted steam power plant retrofitted with regenerative system using Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors

A Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant Simulation Model: Preprint

As interest for clean renewable electric power technologies grows, a number of parabolic trough power plants of various configurations are being considered for deployment around the globe. It is essential that plant designs be optimized for each specific application. The optimum design must consider the capital cost, operations and maintenance cost, annual generation, financial requirements, an...

Parabolic Trough Solar Power for Competitive U.S. Markets

Nine parabolic trough power plants located in the California Mojave Desert represent the only commercial development of large-scale solar power plants to date. Although all nine plants continue to operate today, no new solar power plants have been completed since 1990. Over the last several years, the parabolic trough industry has focused much of its efforts on international market opportunitie...

Evaluation of solar-chimney power plants with multiple-angle collectors

Solar chimney power plants are plants based on solar thermal power including three parts of collector, chimney and turbine, which is able to produce electrical energy. One of the effective parameters in increasing the power production is the collector angles versus horizon. In the present study, a numerical analysis of a solar chimney power plant for different angles of the collector (divergent...

Improvements in efficiency of solar parabolic trough

Solar energy is primary source of all type of energy which is present in nature i.e. all the energy derived from it. So, direct utilization of solar energy into useful energy is important. There are so many solar thermal equipments in which concentrating type collector heated the fluid up to 100 to 400C. It is employed for a variety of applications such as power generation, industrial steam gen...

Solar Heat in Industrial Processes Integration of Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors in Dairy Plants and Pharmaceutical Plants