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Dynamical Behavior of CSP Plants

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Glossary

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP):

Renewable energy plant that produces electricity by means of solar irradiation. A specific of concentrated solar power is that the incoming sunlight is optically concentrated by parabolically shaped mirrors. The concentrated solar flux allows heating of a medium to temperatures of 200–1000 °C. Such high temperature medium can be stored before the heat is used in a steam power cycle to generate electricity.

Parabolic trough plant:

A CSP system that uses line focusing concentrators in the form of parabolic troughs. The receiver is arranged in the focal line of the concentrator.

Solar tower plant:

A CSP system that uses optical concentration onto a small aperture area located at the top of a tower. A large number of heliostats forms the solar field. The mirror area of each heliostat can be tracked in two axes such that the reflection of the incoming sunlight is always onto the aperture area.

Dynamic:

The term “dynamic” describes a technical process...

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  1. DLR Institute of Solar Research, Stuttgart, Germany

    Tobias Hirsch, Kareem Noureldin & Ralf Uhlig

  2. DLR Institute of Solar Research, Cologne, Germany

    Jürgen Dersch, Daniel Maldonado Quinto & Peter Schwarzbözl

  3. DLR Institute of Solar Research, Almeria, Spain

    Bijan Nouri & Stefan Wilbert

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Hirsch, T. et al. (2022). Dynamical Behavior of CSP Plants. In: Alexopoulos, S., Kalogirou, S.A. (eds) Solar Thermal Energy. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1422-8_1101

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