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contributor authorHank Price
contributor authorEckhard Lüpfert
contributor authorDavid Kearney
contributor authorEduardo Zarza
contributor authorGilbert Cohen
contributor authorRod Mahoney
contributor authorRandy Gee
date accessioned2017-05-09T00:08:38Z
date available2017-05-09T00:08:38Z
date copyrightMay, 2002
date issued2002
identifier issn0199-6231
identifier otherJSEEDO-28318#109_1.pdf
identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/127430
description abstractParabolic trough solar technology is the most proven and lowest cost large-scale solar power technology available today, primarily because of the nine large commercial-scale solar power plants that are operating in the California Mojave Desert. These plants, developed by Luz International Limited and referred to as Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS), range in size from 14–80 MW and represent 354 MW of installed electric generating capacity. More than 2,000,000 m2 of parabolic trough collector technology has been operating daily for up to 18 years, and as the year 2001 ended, these plants had accumulated 127 years of operational experience. The Luz collector technology has demonstrated its ability to operate in a commercial power plant environment like no other solar technology in the world. Although no new plants have been built since 1990, significant advancements in collector and plant design have been made possible by the efforts of the SEGS plants operators, the parabolic trough industry, and solar research laboratories around the world. This paper reviews the current state of the art of parabolic trough solar power technology and describes the R&D efforts that are in progress to enhance this technology. The paper also shows how the economics of future parabolic trough solar power plants are expected to improve.
publisherThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
titleAdvances in Parabolic Trough Solar Power Technology
typeJournal Paper
journal volume124
journal issue2
journal titleJournal of Solar Energy Engineering
identifier doi10.1115/1.1467922
journal fristpage109
journal lastpage125
identifier eissn1528-8986
keywordsDesign
keywordsSolar energy
keywordsIndustrial plants
keywordsThermal energy storage
keywordsParabolic troughs
keywordsPower stations
keywordsCycles
keywordsFluids
keywordsSolar power
keywordsTemperature AND Glass
treeJournal of Solar Energy Engineering:;2002:;volume( 124 ):;issue: 002
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