Lovegrove / Stein Concentrating Solar Power Technology

Principles, Developments and Applications
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85709-617-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 704 Seiten

Reihe: Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy

Concentrating solar power (CSP) technology is poised to take its place as one of the major contributors to the future clean energy mix. Using straightforward manufacturing processes, CSP technology capitalises on conventional power generation cycles, whilst cost effectively matching supply and demand though the integration of thermal energy storage. Concentrating solar power technology provides a comprehensive review of this exciting technology, from the fundamental science to systems design, development and applications.Part one introduces fundamental principles of concentrating solar power systems. Site selection and feasibility analysis are discussed, alongside socio-economic and environmental assessments. Part two focuses on technologies including linear Fresnel reflector technology, parabolic-trough, central tower and parabolic dish concentrating solar power systems, and concentrating photovoltaic systems. Thermal energy storage, hybridization with fossil fuel power plants and the long-term market potential of CSP technology are explored. Part three goes on to discuss optimisation, improvements and applications. Topics discussed include absorber materials for solar thermal receivers, design optimisation through integrated techno-economic modelling, heliostat size optimisation, heat flux and temperature measurement technologies, concentrating solar heating and cooling for industrial processes, and solar fuels and industrial solar chemistry.With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Concentrating solar power technology is an essential guide for all those involved or interested in the design, production, development, optimisation and application of CSP technology, including renewable energy engineers and consultants, environmental governmental departments, solar thermal equipment manufacturers, researchers and academics. - Provides a comprehensive review of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology, from the fundamental science to systems design, development and applications - Reviews fundamental principles of concentrating solar power systems, including site selection and feasibility analysis and socio-economic and environmental assessments - Provides an overview of technologies such as linear Fresnel reflector technology, parabolic-trough, central tower and parabolic dish concentrating solar power systems, and concentrating photovoltaic systems

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovegrove, Keith

Stein, Wes

Leseproben

Contributor contact details and author biographies
(* = main contact) Primary editor and Chapters 1* and 2* Dr Keith Lovegrove (BSc 1984, PhD 1993) is currently Head – Solar Thermal with the UK-based renewable energy consultancy group, IT Power. He was previously Associate Professor and head of the solar thermal group at the Australian National University where he led the team that designed and built the 500 m2 generation II big dish solar concentrator. He has served on the board of the ANZ Solar Energy Society as Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer. For many years he was Australia’s SolarPACES Task II representative. K. Lovegrove,     IT Power PO Box 6127 O’Connor ACT 2602, Australia. E-mail address: [e-mail] Editor and Chapter 1 Wes Stein is the Solar Energy Program Leader for CSIRO’s Division of Energy Technology. He was responsible for establishing the National Solar Energy Centre and has since grown a team of 30 engineers and scientists and a strong portfolio of high temperature CSP research projects. He represents Australia on the IEA SolarPACES Executive Committee, and is a member of the Australian Solar Institute Research Advisory Committee. W. Stein,     CSIRO Energy Centre Steel River Eco Industrial Park 10 Murray Dwyer Close Mayfield West NSW 2304, Australia. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 2 John Pye is a researcher in the Australian National University Solar Thermal Group and also lectures in the Department of Engineering. J. Pye,     Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 3 Richard Meyer is co-founder and managing director of Germany-based Suntrace. From 2006 to 2009, he headed the technical analysis and energy yield teams of Epuron and SunTechnics. From 1996 to 2006, Richard worked for DLR (German Aerospace Center), where he set up the satellite-based services SOLEMI and DLR-ISIS for analyzing the potential for CSP. He co-founded the IEA Task ‘Solar Resource Knowledge Management’, for which he is the representative to the SolarPACES Executive Commitee. Dr Richard Meyer holds a diploma in geophysics and a PhD in physics from Munich University. R. Meyer*, M. Schlecht and K. Chhatbar,     Suntrace GmbH Brandstwiete 46 20457 Hamburg Germany. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 4 Martin Schlecht is co-founder and managing director of Germany-based Suntrace, a highly specialized expert advisory firm in large scale solar. His responsibilities include the assessment of CSP and PV project sites and their feasibility. He has a Diploma (MSc) in mechanical engineering and more than 15 years’ work experience in the power industry, covering fossilfired, concentrating solar thermal and photovoltaic, including international hands-on project development and project implementation. M. Schlecht* and R. Meyer,     Suntrace GmbH Brandstwiete 46 20457 Hamburg Germany. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 5 Natalia Caldés has a PhD in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and an MSc in Applied Economics (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Her most relevant professional experience is in the field of development economics as well as energy and enviromental economics. She joined the Spanish agency (CIEMAT) in 2004, where her work focuses on the socio-economic impact assessment of energy technologies, evaluation of energy policies and energy modelling. Yolanda Lechón has a PhD in Agricultural Engineering. She joined CIEMAT in 1997. Her relevant experience involves life cycle assessment and environmental externalities assessment of energy technologies and energy modelling using techno-economic models. N. Caldés and Y. Lechón*,     Energy System Analysis Unit Energy Department CIEMAT – Plataforma Solar de Almería Avda Complutense 22 28040 Madrid Spain. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 6 David Mills has worked in non-imaging optics and solar concentrating systems from 1976. At the University of Sydney, he ran the project that created the double cermet selective absorber coating now used widely on solar evacuated tubes and developed the CLFR concept. He was Cofounder, Chairman and CSO of both SHP P/L and Ausra Inc. (later Areva Solar). He has been President of ISES (1997–99), first Chair of the International Solar Cities Initiative, and VESKI Entrepreneur in Residence for the State of Victoria (2009). D.R. Mills,     Australia. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 7 Eduardo Zarza Moya is an Industrial Engineer with a PhD degree, born in 1958. At present he is the Head of the R&D Unit for Solar Concentrating Systems at the Plataforma Solar de Almería in Spain. He has 27 years’ experience with solar concentrating systems, and has been the Director of national and international R&D projects related to solar energy and parabolic trough collectors. He is a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of ESTELA (European Solar Thermal Electricity Association). E. Zarza Moya,     CIEMAT – Plataforma Solar de Almería Carretera de Tabernas a Senés, km 5 04200 Tabernas Almería Spain. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 8 Professor Lorin Vant-Hull has been involved in Solar Energy Projects since 1972. He retired as Professor Emeritus from the physics department of the University of Houston in 2001, which he first joined in 1969. Dr Vant-Hull was a Principal Investigator on the earliest US proposal to develop the Solar Central Receiver project epitomized by the Solar One Pilot Plant (10 MWe at Barstow, California). He was program manager for eight years of a Solar Thermal Advanced Research Center. Dr Vant-Hull has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of Solar Energy for many years, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of ASES and of ISES. L.L. Vant-Hull,     128 N Red Bud Trail, Elgin, TX 78621, USA. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 9 Wolfgang Schiel, Diplom Physicist, born in 1948 in Hamburg, has over 20 years’ experience in solar engineering, especially in design and construction of several Dish/Stirling systems in Germany and other countries (Italy, India, Spain, Turkey). After his degree at the University of Hamburg he worked with the German Aerospace Research Establishment in Stuttgart. In 1988 he joined schlaich bergermann und partner and became Managing Director of sbp sonne gmbh in 2009. Thomas Keck, Mechanical Engineer, born in 1959 in Stuttgart, joined schlaich bergermann und partner in 1988 and works as project manager for Dish/ Stirling projects. W. Schiel* and T. Keck,     schlaich bergermann und partner Schwabstr. 43 70197 Stuttgart Germany. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 10 Steve Horne is Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer at SolFocus. He began designing the concept of SolFocus’ CPV solar technology in 2005. Before co-founding SolFocus, Steve was the Director of Engineering at GuideTech, a leading semiconductor test equipment company, and had previously spent six years running a technology consulting firm Tuross Technology. He served as Vice President of Engineering at Ariel Electronics and his early career experience includes commissioning two 500 MW steam generated power plants in New South Wales, Australia. S. Horne,     SolFocus Inc. 510 Logue Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. E-mail address: [e-mail] Chapter 11 Dr Wolf-Dieter Steinmann has been working at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 1994 and is project manager of the ‘CellFlux’ project aiming at the development of an innovative thermal storage concept for power plants. He was project manager of the European project DISTOR and the national project PROSPER, which both deal with latent heat storage for medium temperature applications. He completed his PhD thesis on solar steam generators and has worked on the simulation and analysis of the dynamics of thermodynamic systems. W.-D. Steinmann,     German Aerospace Center Institute of Technical Thermodynamics Pfaffenwaldring 38–40 70569 Stuttgart Germany. E-mail address:...