A Report on Educational Tour To

Solar Thermal Power Plant and Solar Steam Cooking System Established At Shantivan Campus, Abu Road

Submitted to

Dr. Surendra Kothari

Professor and Head of Department Department of Renewable Energy Engineering College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur

Submitted by Er. Kharpude Sudhir Narayan M.Tech II year Department of Renewable Energy Engineering College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur

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Acknowledgement I take it to be my proud privilege to avail this opportunity to express my sincere and deep sense of gratitude to Dr. Surendra Kothari, Professor and Head of department, Dept. of Renewable Energy Engineering for arranging educational tour to Shantivan campus, Abu road and also for giving constructive suggestions and knowledge during course of visit to Solar thermal power plant and cooking system. I am highly grateful to Dr. Sudhir Jain, professor Dept. of Renewable Energy Engineering for his kind guidance and suggestions during course of visit. I wish to express my esteem to Dr. N. S. Rathod, Dean, College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur for providing all the requisite of the visit. I am also thankful to Brahmakumaris Trust and World Renewal Spiritual Trust for giving opportunity to visit the Shantivan campus and to study the solar thermal power plant and solar steam cooking system.

Place: Udaipur Date: 15/04/2013 Er. Kharpude Sudhir Narayan

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An Educational tour to Solar Thermal Power Plant and Solar Steam Cooking System at Shantivan Campus, Abu Road
Introduction:

n educational tour to Shantivan campus was arranged by Department of renewable energy engineering, college of technology and engineering Udaipur th on 6 of April 2013. This report gives details of visit to Shantivan campus about solar thermal power plant and solar steam cooking system. This report also highlights the system specifications along with floor space maps about the different machinery used in cooking system. The report is divided into sectionsa. Solar steam cooking plant b. Small scale concentrated type solar cooker c. Solar thermal power plant Location of visit: Shantivan campus, Taleti, Abu road Rajasthan (India) Longitude: 72 47 N Latitude: 24 28 E Aim of visit: 1. To study the Solar Steam Cooking System (Scheffler Cooker) established at Shantivan Campus. 2. To study the Solar Thermal Power Plant at Shantivan campus. Details of visit: An educational tour to Shantivan campus started with visit to Solar Steam Cooking System widely known as Scheffler Cooker across the world. After visiting Scheffler cooker site the details were taken about solar cooker site and layout of kitchen and machineries in kitchen. Then, a visit was given to a solar thermal power plant. The project is in progress since January 2012. At the site, the introduction about plant was given by a supervisor using a video film about solar thermal power plant. The details regarding capacity and installation were given by supervisor.

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A demonstration of concentrated solar cooker was also given at site nearby. The workshop facility provided for solar thermal power plant was also shown to us. The detailed description for all above system is mentioned as below: 1. Solar Steam cooking System (Scheffler Cooker):

The cooking system used in Shantivan Complex is explained as below. The silent features of plant are given as in Table 1. The cooking system was sponsored by MNRE and designed by Wolfgang Scheffler / Brahma Kumaris / world Renewal Spiritual trust. Table 1. Silent Features of Cooking System Installation year Capacity Steam generation No. of modules No of dishes Area of one dish Tracking provided 1999 35000 meals/ day 3500 kg 6 84 9.6 m2 Central tracking with weight mounted (semi-automatic)

The solar cooking system and schematic diagram of solar steam cooking plant are as shown in Fig. 1 and 2 respectively. It gives idea of floor space utilized for plant and kitchen system. System specifications are as given in Table 2. Table 2. Specifications of Solar Modules and System System component 1 module 1 concentrator Diameter of Pipes used for water passage Pressure in water steam generator Pressure of steam passed to kitchen Hot water supply pipe diameter softened water pipe line diameter specifications 14 concentrators 3.5 kW capacity 1.5 inch 10 bar maximum 3 bar 2.5 inch 1.5 inch

The kitchen used for cooking with solar steam cooker is a specially designed civil structure having special provision for steam passage through various cooking
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vessels. The building is fully equipped with automatic exhaust fans which carry out hot air and fumes from kitchen to outside. It makes cooler feeling inside kithcen which makes

Fig.1 Solar Steam Cooking System

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Fig. 2 Schematic of Solar Steam Cooking System

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easier for cookes to prepare meals for 35000 to 50000 peoples per day. The machinaries and vessels used in kitchen are as follows: a. Elevators and silos for rice and dal: The elevators are provided outside the kitchen with a dock to collect large amount of rice and dal bags. These bags are emptied in the hopper provided near dock. Then rice is lifted into storage silo where it is stored. While in need of cooking the rice or dal, the material is taken directly from silo and poured into cleaning or rinsing pot.

Fig. 3 a) Elevators for rice and dal

Fig. 3 b) storage silo and rinsing machine

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The specifications of elevators and silo are given in Table 3. Table 3 specifications of elevators and silo System component Elevators with hopper Storage Silo No. of silos No. of cleaning and rinsing machines specifications 2 nos. 4 ton capacity 10 nos. 3 nos.

b. Cooking and frying pots: The cooking pots are provided with direct access to steam generated through a central piping system. The cooking pots used for different operations are as shown in Fig. 4. There are total 8 pots for cooking while 4 pots are provided for frying. The oil is heated up by passing oil over steam pipe.

Fig.4 Cooking pots c. Cutting and washing machines for vegetables: The cutting tools are provided for easy cutting of a large number of vegetables required daily and their hygienic washing is also done through machine operations. d. Roti department machinery: The separate department has been made for providing rotis, parathas etc. to peoples visiting in large number to Shantivan campus. It has more than 5 atta maker machines (kneaders). The roti department consists of 7 roti maker machines which operate on LPG cylinders having capacity of more than 14000 rotis per hour. The 6 nos. of dhepla and parathas makers are also installed in kitchen which also ran on LPG. The kitchen also has one big puri-paratha maker having different size circular notches which give any size roti or parathas as needed. You have to just fill atta dough
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to machine and machine automatically makes rotis. They are as shown in Fig. 5 (a,b,c,d,f).

a) Atta kneader

b) Roti/paratha maker

c) High capacity roti maker

d) Roller drums of roti maker for different size of roti

e) Tea maker f) LPG based roti maker Fig. 5 Different Machines Used In Kitchen e. Tea maker and milk heater: The tea maker and milk heater are also installed in 6 nos. in kitchen which works on steam directly. The hot water provision is also provided near facility. It is as shown in Fig 5 (e).

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Solar Thermal power plant:

WRST has been installing a solar thermal power plant of capacity 1 MW near Shantivan campus. The work for installation is in progress. The silent features of this plant are as follows: Number of dishes: Electrical output: Thermal output: Solar field: Total mirror area: Turbine: 770 nos. of 60m2 1.0 Mw el. (net. 22000 kwh/24hrs) 140 Mwh therotical. (24hrs) 25 Acres near to campus (1.3 km) 45.000 m2 1.0 Mw el. at 255C and 41 bar (Siemens)

The main advantages of the 60m2 parabolic dish with fix focus are: - Cost effective / high output - Modular design - Innovative thermal storage concept - Inexpensive planar mirrors and MC-controlled tracking system - Fixed receiver with no need for flexible high pressure joints - No vacuum technology and no metal glass sealing - Direct steam generation, no heat exchanger and low parasitic loads - Efficient use of land; the dishes can be tightly placed - Power on demand and high efficiency due to cogeneration Plant description and expected working: "India One" solar thermal power plant is based on the three key technologies: Parabolic reflectors, thermal storage and Rankine cycle. The concentrated solar rays from the 60 m2 dishes are focused towards the in-house developed, highly efficient cavity receivers, which are positioned in front of each dish. The innovative receiver is integrated into a heavy iron casting and thus provides excellent thermal storage. The heat exchanger coil is fully embedded into the thermal storage medium and allows an improved heat transfer. Excellent insulation and an automated shutter avoid substantial energy loses at night or in cloudy condition. The thermal storage operates between 250 C to 450 C and can be discharged on demand. By means of the total thermal mass, the capacity will be sufficient to run the turbine around the clock. The layout of plant is as shown in fig 6.

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Fig. 6 Layout of Solar Thermal Power Plant The fabrication and installation facilities are totally indigenous. 250 skilled labours are working in field along with 40 supervisors. The schematic of solar thermal power plant is as shown in fig. 7.

Fig.7 Schematic Diagram of Solar Thermal Power Plant

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Fig.8 a) 60 M2 Parabolic Dish

Fig.8 b) Demonstration of Parabolic Dish

Fig.8 c) Structures For Mounting Parabolic Dishes

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Fig.8 d) Diagramme for Solar Thermal Power Plant.

3. Small scale concentrated type solar cooker: The small scale concentrated type solar cooker is as shown in fig. 9. The cost of cooker is Rs. 15000 only. The temperature attained is about 200-300 C. It has semiautomatic weight based tracking.

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Fig.9 Small Scale Parabolic Concentrated Trough Solar Cooker

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