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Title: Multi-tower line focus Fresnel array project

Journal Article · · Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2148971· OSTI ID:20727697
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  1. Solar Heat & Power SHP Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSW (Australia)

As an alternative to conventional tracking solar thermal trough systems, one may use line focus Fresnel reflector systems. In a conventional Fresnel reflector design, each field of reflectors is directed to a single tower. However efficient systems of very high ground utilisation can be setup if a field of reflectors uses multiple receivers on different towers. This paper describes a line focus system, called the compact linear fresnel reflector system and a project to produce an initial 95 MWth solar array. The array will be used as a retrofit preheater for a coal fired generating plant.

OSTI ID:
20727697
Journal Information:
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 128, Issue 1; ISSN 0199-6231
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English