1 General 1.1General principles of STE plant design 1.2 A STE plant 1.3 Pressure parameters of power generators 1.4 Heat transfer fluid used in solar receiver 1.5 Capacity plan and number of generators 1.6 Environmental impact control 1.7 Seismic and wind resistance Design of heat collection system 1.
8 Design principles of a concentrator field 2 Outline 2.1 Basic concepts of a STE plant 2.1.1 Basic concepts of STE technology 2.1.2 Characteristics of STE technology 2.1.3 Comparison of STE and solar photovoltaic power generation 2.
2 Main technological forms 2.2.1 Power tower system 2.2.2 Parabolic trough concentration solar thermal power 2.2.3 Dish/Stirling engine system 2.2.
4 Linear Fresnel reflector system 2.3 Basic terminology 2.3.1 Optics 2.3.2 Thermodynamics 2.3.3 System 3 Solar resource and meteorological parameters 3.
1 Nature of solar energy resources 3.1.1 Advantages of solar resource utilization 3.1.2 Disadvantages of solar resource utilization 3.2 Solar constant and the radiation spectrum 3.2.1 Expression of solar irradiance 3.
2.2 Solar radiation spectrum 3.3 The impact of the atmosphere on solar radiation 3.3.1 Solar elevation angle 3.3.2 Air mass 3.3.
3 Atmospheric transparency 3.3.4 Geographic latitude 3.3.5 Sunshine hours 3.3.6 Altitude 3.4 Calculation method of solar position 3.
4.1 Sun Angle 3.4.2 Angle calculation of the tracking surface 3.5 Solar resource distribution of several typical areas in China 3.5.1 Solar resource in Beijing area 3.5.
2 Solar resource in Lhasa area 3.5.3 Solar resource in Golmud area 3.5.4 Solar resource in Dunhuang area 3.5.5 Solar resource in Turpan region 3.5.
6 Solar Resources in Guizhou Province 3.5.7 Solar Resources in Hainan island 3.5.8 Solar Resources in Harbin 3.6 Solar irradiance forecasting method 3.6.1 Estimation method of Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) 3.
6.2 Impacts of Changes in weather conditions on Direct Normal Irradiance 3.7 Direct Normal Irradiance distribution in China 3.7.1 Yearly mean daily Direct Normal Irradiance distribution 3.7.2 Factors Affecting DNI Spatial and temporal distribution 3.7.
3 The basic characteristics of China''s solar energy resources 3.7.4 China''s solar energy resources zoning 3.7.5 Measurement of solar Direct Normal Irradiance 3.8 Special meteorological data required for site selection 3.8.1 Ambient temperature 3.
8.2 Wind velocity 3.8.3 Precipitation 3.8.4 Severe Weather 3.9 Measurement instruments 3.9.
1 Pyranometer 3.9.2 Pyrheliometer 3.9.3 Atmospheric transmittance meter 4 Overall design of a STE plant 4.1 Design point 4.1.1 Significance of the design point 4.
1.2 Calculation example using the design point 4.2 Heliostat field efficiency analysis 4.2.1 Transient optical efficiency of a heliostat field 4.2.2 Concentrating power at the aperture of a receiver 4.2.
3 Spot size on the aperture 4.2.4 Value of specular reflectance 4.2.5 Analysis of atmospheric transmittance 4.2.6 Heat gain calculation of some cavity receiver 4.3 Thermal performance of parabolic trough solar collectors 4.
3.1 Heat loss coefficient of parabolic trough receiver 4.3.2 Status quo of thermal performance measurement of parabolic trough solar collectors 4.3.3 Thermal performance testing methods of parabolic trough solar collectors 4.5 Basic data needed for STE plant design 4.6 Main parameters and principles 4.
7 Overall parameters description 4.8 Calculation of annual electricity generation 4.8.1 Calculation using the design point method 4.8.2 An example of annual generation calculation 4.8.3 Plant capacity optimization 4.
8.4 Generation calculation method based on hourly simulation 4.8.5 Impact of geographical location on the efficiency calculation of parabolic trough solar collector with DNI used as the solar irradiance source 4.9 Thermal energy storage capacity 4.9.1 Principles of thermal storage volume identification 4.9.
2 Principles of thermal storage power identification 4.10 Essentials of master planning of plant 4.10.1 Water resources 4.10.2 Fuel transportation 4.10.3 Power plant capacity 4.
10.4 Concentrator field layout 4.10.5 Steam generation area 4.10.6 Thermal storage area 4.10.7 Conventional power generation area 4.
10.8 Power plant location and traffic 4.10.9 High pressure outlet orientation and corridors 4.10.10 Power plant Drainage 4.10.11 Plant master planning elements 4.
10.12 Plant facade planning elements 4.10.13 Considerations in concentrator field layout 5Solar concentration system design 5.1 System overall description 5.1.1 Solar concentration system composition 5.1.
2 Concentrator regulation principles and patterns 5.1.3 Calculation method of concentration field output 5.1.4 Effect of dust on the reflectors 5.2 Principles of concentrator field layout 5.2.1 The basics of the heliostat 5.
2.2 The basics of the parabolic trough concentrator 5.2.3 General principles of the concentrator field layout 5.3 Heliostat field design 5.3.1 Operating modes and design parameters of heliostat field 5.3.
2 Optimal design method of heliostat field 5.3.3 Design of heat collection field of power tower system 5.4 Control of the heliostat field 5.4.1 Technical conditions of heliostat field control 5.4.2 Measurement and correction of heliostat tracking errors 5.
5 Design of parabolic trough solar field 5.5.1 Axial layout of concentrator 5.5.2 Heat collection performance evaluation of the collectors 5.5.3 Design of parabolic trough heat collection field 5.6 Control design of parabolic trough solar field 5.
6.1 Technical conditions of parabolic trough solar field controlling 5.6.2 Control system architecture 5.7 Wind load characteristics of concentrator 5.7.1 Wind tunnel experiments-wind load characteristics of the heliostat 5.7.
2 Field measurements- wind load on parabolic trough concentrator 6 Design of receiver system 6.1 System overall description 6.1.1 Receiver system composition 6.1.Receiver regulation principles 6.1.3 Receiver rated power determination 6.
2 Material selection of receiver system 6.2.1 Heat transfer medium 6.2.2 Absorber material 6.2.3 Absorber surface coating 6.2.
4 thermal insulation materials of tower receiver 6.2.5 Heat transfer pipes material 6.3 Piping and pump selection for receiver system 6.3.1 Feed pump 6.3.2 Piping and valves of the receiver 6.
3.3 Tower receiver cleaning 6.4 Receiver system control 6.4.1 Receiver control system logic 6.4.2 Control design range 6.4.
3 Control modes 6.5 Design of receiver system operation mode 6.5.1 General 6.5.2 Startup of the receiver 6.5.3 Operating Modes of the receiver 6.
5.4 Technical improvements of the receiver 6.6 Receiver sewage system and its equipments 6.6.1 Sewage range 6.6.2 Sewage manner 6.6.
3 Sewage settings 6.6.4 Principles and methods of receiver sewage 6.7 Vacuum performance degradation of parabolic trough receiver 6.7.1 Structure of parabolic trough receiver 6.7.2 Outgasing performance of parabolic trough receive 6.
7.3 Outgasing performance test of parabolic trough receiver 6.7.4 Gas permeability performance of parabolic trough receiver 6.7.5 Prediction of hydrogen permeation of parabolic trough receiver 7 Thermal energy storage system 7.1 Functions of a thermal energy storage system 7.2 Classification of thermal energy storage systems 7.
2.1 By materials 7.2.2 By working temperature ranges 7.2.3 Material deposit 7.3 Technical requirements for thermal energy storage system 7.4 Thermal energy storage materials and patterns 7.
4.1 Molten salts and RTILs 7.4.2 Concrete 7.4.3 Heat exchang design of concrete 7.4.4 Phase change material 7.
4.5 Solid material for air receiver system 7.4.6 Saturated water / steam 7.4.8 Alloy phase change thermal storage material 7.5 Thermal energy storage system composition 7.5.
1 Evaluation of thermal storage systems 7.5.1 Direct thermal storage system 7.5.2 Indirect thermal storage system 7.6 Options of thermal storage materials and accumulators 7.6.1 Thermal storage materials selection 7.
6.2 Thermal storage accumulators selection 7.6.3 Thermal storage accumulator arrangement 7.7 Charging and discharging of the thermal storage accumulator and process design 7.7.1 Equipments selection principle 7.7.
2 Solid heat exchanger 7.7.3 Evaporator 7.8 Thermal energy storage system control 7.8.1 Control system composition 7.8.2 Control logic for thermal energy storage system 7.
9 Maintenance facility of thermal energy storage system 7.9.1 Cleaning 7.9.2 Transportation 7.9.3 Temporary discharge point 7.9.
4 Materials replacement 8 Site Selection 8.1 Site Selection 8.1.1 Siting principles 8.1.2 Macro location 8.1.3 Ecological protection 8.
1.4 Thermal energy storage accumulator deposition 8.1.5 Solar resources and site selection 8.1.6 Land use 8.1.7 Site elevation determination 8.
1.8 Seismic i.