Sources of solar tracking errors and correction strategies for heliostats

M Maiga, KE N'Tsoukpoe, A Gomna… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heliostat fields represent the primary energy input for concentrating solar-thermal power
based on power tower technology. They typically account for 40%–50% of the …

Economically feasible solutions in concentrating solar power technology specifically for heliostats–A review

AN Yerudkar, D Kumar, VH Dalvi, SV Panse… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The alarming issue of climate change and the necessity to increase the renewable energy
stake has become the driving force for cost reduction measures taken in various renewable …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system

CA Asselineau, A Fontalvo, S Wang, F Venn, J Pye… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MW e concentrated
solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO 2 power block with 700° C input …

Genetic algorithm optimization of heliostat field layout for the design of a central receiver solar thermal power plant

M Haris, AU Rehman, S Iqbal, SO Athar, H Kotb… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The heliostat field layout in a central receiver solar thermal power plant has significant
optical losses that can ultimately affect the overall output power of the plant. In this paper, an …

Next-csp concept with particle receiver applied to a 150 MWe solar tower

F Siros, B Valentin, B Liu, J Baeyens… - AIP Conference …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The current benchmark for CSP is the molten salt tower. The next generation of CSP plant
should keep the general architecture of the current benchmark–namely the molten salt tower …

Blueprint for Molten Salt CSP Power Plant Final report of the project “CSP-Reference Power Plant” No. 0324253

J Dersch, J Paucar, T Polkas, A Schweitzer, A Stryk - 2021 - elib.dlr.de
This report shows the results of the German national research project “CSP-Reference
Power Plant”. The major goal of the project consortium from German industry supplemented …