Glossary
- Absorber:
-
Device which absorbs concentrated solar radiation and produces heat.
- Artificial intelligence:
-
Term that in general would indicate the ability of a machine or artifact to perform the same kind of functions that characterize human thought.
- Black body:
-
Ideal body which would absorb all of the radiation falling upon it.
- Blocking, blocking losses:
-
Power which is lost due to interception of part of reflected sunlight from one heliostat by the backside of another heliostat.
- Capacity factor:
-
Energy produced over a specified time interval.
- Central receiver system:
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Solar power plant system in which solar radiation is converted by a heliostat field onto a tower-mounted solar receiver.
- CRS:
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Concentrating receiver system, see central receiver system. synonym
- Concentration ratio:
-
Ratio of radiant flux density output to radiant flux density input.
- CSP:
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Concentrated solar power system or CSP plants generate electricity by converting solar energy into high-temperature heat using...
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Abbreviations
- ATS:
-
Advanced thermal systems
- AI:
-
Artificial intelligence
- BMU:
-
German Ministry for the Environment, Protection of Nature, and Nuclear Safety
- CCS:
-
Combined cycle systems
- DAPS:
-
Dynamic aim processing system
- DLR:
-
German Aerospace Center, Germany
- HyS:
-
Hybrid Sulphur Cycle
- IRENA:
-
International Renewable Energy Agency
- IEA:
-
International Energy Agency
- ISEGS:
-
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station, USA
- LBL:
-
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
- LEC:
-
Levelized electricity cost
- MED:
-
Multiple-effect distillation
- MENA:
-
Middle East and North Africa
- NREL:
-
North Rhine Westphalia, Germany
- NSTTF:
-
National Solar Thermal Test Facility
- O & M:
-
Operation and maintenance
- RO:
-
Reversed osmosis
- PSA:
-
Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain
- R&D:
-
Research and development
- RSEP:
-
Rice Solar Energy Project
- SAPS:
-
Static aim processing system
- SERI:
-
Social and Environmental Research Institute, USA
- SFINCS:
-
Solar field integrated control system
- SHM:
-
Solar-hybrid micro-turbine
- SIJ:
-
Solar-Institut Jülich, Germany
- SCE:
-
Southern California Edison, USA
- SOL2HY2:
-
Solar to Hydrogen Hybrid Cycles
- SSPS:
-
Small Solar Power System
- ST:
-
Solar tower
- STJ:
-
Solar Tower Jülich, Germany
- TES:
-
Thermal energy storage
- WBGU:
-
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen, Germany
- WIS:
-
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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Alexopoulos, S., Hoffschmidt, B. (2022). Concentrating Receiver Systems (Solar Power Tower). 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_677
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