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Solar Thermal Power Plants

Achievements and Lessons Learned Exemplified by the SSPS Project in Almeria/Spain

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Authors:
  1. Federico G. Casal

    1. Rapperswil School of Engineering, Switzerland

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Editors:
  1. Paul Kesselring

    1. Prospective Studies Division, Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research (IER), Switzerland

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  2. Carl-Jochen Winter

    1. Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DFVLR), Deutschland

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 1-4

  3. Description of the SSPS Site

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 5-10

  4. The Central Receiver System

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 11-54

  5. The Distributed Collector System

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 55-77

  6. General Aspects

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 78-88

  7. Lessons and Guidelines for the Future

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 89-106

  8. Glossaries

    • Federico G. Casal
    Pages 107-123

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 124-132
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1. 1 Historical Background and Relationship to the lEA One of the objectives of the energy research, development and demonstra­ tion program of the International Energy Agency (lEA) is to promote the development and application of new and improved energy technologies which could potentially help cover our energy needs. Early in 1976, a working party for Small Solar Power Systems (SSPS) was created with the approval and encouragement of the Committee for Research and Develop­ ment of the International Energy Agency (lEA) [1]. At that time the following countries showed interest in attending the formative meeting: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, The Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America. In its first meetings the SSPS Working Party explored the technological possibilities of the exploitation of solar power at small levels (photovoltaics, wind, waves and thermal power conversion) and also reviewed what was being done at that time in the domain of solar power in each of the participating countries. At a meeting in mid 1976 in Vienna, a study performed by MBB was presented. It stated that as distributed systems (systems using a large number of parabolic trough collectors "DCS", see chapter 4) grow linearly in terms of power, the associated costs grow as a function of the size of the intended system. By comparison, the cost per unit output of the central receiver systems ("CRS" , see section 5.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Prospective Studies Division, Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research (IER), Switzerland

    Paul Kesselring

  • Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DFVLR), Deutschland

    Carl-Jochen Winter

  • Rapperswil School of Engineering, Switzerland

    Federico G. Casal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Solar Thermal Power Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Achievements and Lessons Learned Exemplified by the SSPS Project in Almeria/Spain

  • Authors: Federico G. Casal

  • Editors: Paul Kesselring, Carl-Jochen Winter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52281-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-52283-3Published: 27 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-52281-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 129

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy

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