Advances in concentrating solar power tower
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The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) 10 solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas 11 (NG) and with or without thermal energy storage (TES). The study then reviews the novel trends to 12 produce better ratio of solar field power to electric power, better capacity factor, better matching of 13 production and demand, lower plant’s cost and increased life span of plant’s components. The key 14 areas of progress of CSP ST technology briefly summarized are materials and manufacturing 15 processes, design of solar field and receiver, receiver and power block fluids, power cycle 16 parameters, optimal management of daily and seasonal operation of the plant, new thermal energy 17 storage concepts, integration of solar plant with thermal desalination, integration of solar plant 18 with combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) installations and finally, specialization and 19 regionalization of the project specification. 20
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