IRSC - Concentrated Solar Power Plants
IRSC Concentrated Solar Power plants produce electric power by converting the sun>s energy into high-temperature heat using various mirror configurations. The heat is then channeled through a conventional generator. The plants consist of two parts: one collects solar energy and converts it to heat, and the other converts heat energy to electricity. IRSC Concentrated Solar Power systems can be sized for village power (10 kilowatts) or grid-connected applications (up to 100 megawatts). Some of IRSC's systems use thermal storage during cloudy periods or at night. Others can be combined with natural gas and the resulting hybrid power plants provide high-value, dispatchable power. here are three CSP technologies that IRSC uses. For each of these, IRSC has various design variations and different configurations.
Parabolic Trough Systems: The sun`s rays are conce...
- Parabolic Trough Systems: The sun's rays are concentrated by parabolically curved, trough-shaped reflectors on a receiver pipe running along the inside of the curved surface. This energy heats oil flowing through the pipe, and the heat energy is then used to generate electricity in IRSC conventional steam generator. A collector field comprises many troughs in parallel rows aligned on a north-south axis. This configuration enables the single-axis troughs to track the sun from east to west during the day to ensure that the sun is continuously focused on the receiver pipes. IRSC Individual trough systems can generate up to 80 megawatts of electricity. IRSC Trough designs can incorporate thermal storage, setting aside the heat transfer fluid in its hot phase, allowing for electricity generation several hours into the evening.
- Power Tower Systems: IRSC power tower converts sunshine into clean electricity. The technology utilizes many large, sun-tracking mirrors (heliostats) to focus sunlight on a receiver at the top of a tower. A heat transfer fluid heated in the receiver is used to generate steam, which in turn, is used in a conventional turbine-generator to produce electricity.
- Parabolic Dish Systems: IRSC Parabolic dish systems consist of a parabolic-shaped point focus concentrator in the form of a dish that reflects solar radiation onto a receiver mounted at the focal point. These concentrators are mounted on a structure with a two-axis tracking system to follow the sun. The collected heat is typically utilized directly by a heat engine mounted on the receiver moving with the dish structure.
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