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Manuel Nascimento
Projecto MEFT IST/LNEG
Linear
Fresnel
Linear Focus:
Central
Receiver
Parabolic Dish
Maricopa Solar Project, AZ, USA
Point Focus:
Parabolic trough
Linear Fresnel
Parabolic Dish
Concentrate
sunlight
- 70-2000x
concentration
Collect Sunlight
- Absorb sun heat
Convert heat to
electricity
- Generate steam for
conventional turbines
- Stirling Engines for
parabolic dish
Source: https://www.eeremultimedia.energy.gov/solar/
Clear day
Cloudy day
Solutions?
Source: Lovegrove, Stein, Concentrating solar power technology - Principles, developments and applications, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012
Stabilizes electricity
generation
Counteracts cloud transients
Allows production at a later
time, including in the night!
Increases effective number
of solar hours C Factor
Preheats plant before sunrise
Lovegrove, Stein, 2012
Importance of Simulations