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Concentrated Solar Power

The document discusses concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, including parabolic troughs, solar power towers, and Stirling dishes. It provides details on how each technology works, such as using mirrors to focus sunlight onto receivers or engines to generate heat or electricity. The document also discusses advantages of CSP like ability to incorporate energy storage and resemble traditional power plants, as well as disadvantages like high capital costs. India is discussed as needing CSP to address its energy challenges including electricity shortage and reliance on imported fossil fuels.

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Concentrated Solar Power

The document discusses concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, including parabolic troughs, solar power towers, and Stirling dishes. It provides details on how each technology works, such as using mirrors to focus sunlight onto receivers or engines to generate heat or electricity. The document also discusses advantages of CSP like ability to incorporate energy storage and resemble traditional power plants, as well as disadvantages like high capital costs. India is discussed as needing CSP to address its energy challenges including electricity shortage and reliance on imported fossil fuels.

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CONCENTRATED SOLAR

POWER
SUBMITTED BY
POULAMI SARKAR
B.TECH,3RD YEAR
ECE(SECTION A)
ROLL NO:18700315043
CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER
3. PARABOLIC TROUGH
4. SOLAR POWER TOWER
5. STIRLING DISH
6. PHOTOVOLTAICS
7. PV SYSTEM
8. ADVANTAGE, DISADVANTAGE
9. STORAGE METHODS
INTRODUCTION
 Concentrating Solar Power system use lenses or mirrors and tracking system
to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam.

 The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional


power plant. A wide range of concentrating technologies exists, the most
developed are the parabolic trough, the concentrating linear Fresnel
reflector, the Stirling dish and the solar power.

 Various techniques are used to track the sun and focus light. In all of these
systems a working fluid is heated by the concentrated sunlight and is then
used for power generation or energy storage. Thermal storage efficiently
allows up twenty-four-hour electricity generation.
CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER
 Concentrating solar power systems use lences or mirrors and
tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small
beam.
 The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a
conventional power plant. A wide range of concentrating
technologies exists, the most developed are the parabolic
trough, the concentrating linear Fresnel reflector, the Stirling
dish and solar power.
 Various techniques are used to track the sun and focus light. In
all of these systems a working fluid is heated by the
concentrated sunlight and is then used for power generation or
energy storage. Thermal storage efficiently allows upto 24
hours electricity generator.
PARABOLIC TROUGH
 A parabolic trough consists of a linear
parabolic reflector that concentrates light
onto a receiver positioned along the
reflector’s focal line. The receiver is a tube
positioned light above the middle of the
parabolic mirror and is filled with a working
fluid.

 The reflector is made to follow the sun during


the daylight hours by tracking along a single
axis. It provides the best land-use factor of
any solar technology.
SOLAR POWER TOWER
 A solarpower tower uses an array
of tracking reflectors (heliostats) to
concentrate light on a central
receiver atop a tower.
 These are more cost effective,
offer higher efficiency and better
energy storage capability among
CSP technologies.
STIRLING SOLAR DISH
 The Stirling concentrating dish solar dish
combines a parabolic with a Stirling engine
which normally drives an electric generator.

 The advantage of Stirling solar dish over PV


cells are higher efficiency of converting
sunlight into electricity and longer lifetime.
Parabolic dish systems give the highest
efficiency among CSP technologies. The 50KW
big dish in Canberra, Australia is an example
of this technology.
PHOTOVOLTAICS
 A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell is a device that
converts light into electric current using the
photoelectric effect.

 Solar cell produces direct current power which


fluctuates with the sunlight.

 For practical use this usually requires conversion


to certain desire voltages or alternating current,
through the use of inverters.
PV SYSTEM
 Multiple solar cells are connected inside modules. Modules are wired together
to form arrays, then tied to an inverter which produces power at the desired
voltage and for AC, the desired frequency phase.

 Many residential systems are connected to the grid wherever available,


especially in developed countries with large markets.

 In these grid –connected PV systems, use of energy storage is optional. In


certain applications such as satellites, lighthouses, or in developing countries,
batteries or additional power generaters are often added as backups. Such
stand –alone power systems permit operations at night and at other times of
limited sunlight.
TYPES OF LIGHT MOST EFFECTIVE
 There are seven types of lights in the sunlight:- VIBGYOR
 Violet
 Indigo
 Blue
 Green
 Yellow
 Orange
 Red
 The solar panel works best in the red light whereas it works the
poorest in violet light and medium in the green light.
ADVANTAGES
 Resemble traditional power plants.
 Generation based on steam and its large scale.
 Use standard equipment for power generation.
 Can be build small sizes and added to as needed.
 Can achieve high steam operating temperature allowing more efficient power
generation.
 Steam for absorption industrial process heat desalination.
 Non –carbon emitting power generation.
 Incorporate storage
 Storage not major part of generation cost
 Size of steam power plan that lack storage does not have to be increase when
storage added.
 Added storage cost effective if energy sold at pick hours.
 Can be hybridized with intermittent renewables.
DISADVANTAGES

 High up front capital cost for concentrators and storage

 Require un scattered “direct normal” solar radiation, thus


limiting where CSP plants can be located desired areas are
based.

 Require cooling, as with any steam power plant creating a


requirement for water or air cooling.

 Require large surface areas for placement of


concentrators.
Other applications of solar energy

1. Solar vehicles
2. Solar heater
3. Solar cooker
4. Passive solar energy
5. Satellites and spacecrafts
6. Small appliances like calculators
7. Remote sensing
8. Emergency roadside telephones
WHY INDIA NEEDS CSP

Indian Energy Sceneries

Global Trends

Climate Change Action Plan


ENERGY SUPPLY
 Coal
 Major energy source

 Electricity
 All India average shortage- 11.6%

 Pick load supply shortage- 15%

 Base land supply shortage- 9%

 Energy security concern


 Around 75% of the petroleum supply is imported

 Even coal is being imported.


CONT…

POOR ELLECTRIFICATION STATUS

 78 million households (44%) in the country do not


have access to electricity.

 1,25,000 villages are un-electrified.

 Electric supply situation is generally poor in even


electrified villages.
NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION

Proposed target

 20GW by 2020.

 100GW by 2030 or 10-12% of total power generation


capacity estimated for that year.

 4-5GW of installed solar manufacturing capability by 2017.


REFERENCES
 Boxwell M. Solar electricity handbook 2014. Greenstream
publishing house; 8th ed. 2013.

 Kalogiron S.A. Solar energy engineering process and system.


Academic press; 2nd ed. 2013.

 www.google.com
THANK
YOU

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