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Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants

Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Design, Construction and Operation of Solar Central Receiver Projects, Varese, Italy, 4–8 June, 1984

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  • © 1985

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  1. J. Gretz

    1. Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Science, Research and Development, Belgium

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  2. A. Strub

    1. Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Science, Research and Development, Belgium

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  3. W. Palz

    1. Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Science, Research and Development, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Solar Energy R&D in the Ec Series B: (SRDB, volume 2)

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Table of contents (68 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Opening Session

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Workshop Introduction

      • J. Gretz
      Pages 3-3

    3. Welcome Speech

      • G. R. Bishop
      Pages 4-4

    4. Keynote Speech

      • Albert Strub
      Pages 5-6

  3. Presentation on the General Experience of Central Receiver Power Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Summary of the Session by the Rapporteur

      • F. Pharabod
      Pages 8-9

    3. Technical Aspects of the Eurelios Plant Operation

      • C. Corvi, G. Dinelli
      Pages 10-20

    4. Central Receiver Solar Power Plant of the IEA/SSPS Project

      • W. Grasse, F. Ruiz
      Pages 21-34

    5. 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant Overview Part I

      • A. C. Skinrood
      Pages 35-46

  4. Presentation on the General Experience of Central Receiver Power Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Summary of the Session by the Rapporteur

      • L. Vant-Hull
      Pages 48-51

    3. A 1MWe Solar Thermal Electric Power Pilot Plant (Sunshine Project)

      • T. Mukai, T. Horigome, N. Ikeda, T. Sakamoto
      Pages 52-61

    4. Themis Plant Operation Progress Report

      • V. Mascle, F. Pharabod, B. Rivoire
      Pages 62-72

    5. CESA-1 Project Status Report

      • J. Avellaner, C. Ortiz, F. Martínez, F. Sánchez
      Pages 73-82
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About this book

In this book, the Commission of the European Communities presents the proceedings of the Workshop on Solar Central Receiver Projects, held in Varese, I taly , in June 1984. This Workshop was supported by all operators of solar tower power plants around the world and, as a result, these proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of the technology in its current state of development. The Workshop was organized by the Commission of the European Communities in the frame of the second solar energy R&D programme under the responsibility of its Di rectorate-General (X 11) for Science, Research and Development in Brussels. The meeting place, Varese, in Italy, was selected because of its neighbourhood to the Ispra Establishment of the Commission's Joint Research Centre who cooperated in the organization of the Workshop. Solar power plants of the central receiving type have two conflicting characteristics: they employ very simple and classical components but as a system they are of tremendous complexity. It was the hope for rapid progress by using available components that guided the decisions taken in the late seventies to build six large experimental plants: four in Europe, one in Japan and one in the United States. At that time, this technology enjoyed high priority in solar energy R&D around the world. Once the plants were completed, however, it became clear that the technical complexity combined with difficult meteorological conditions at most construction sites made the yields less favourable than anticipated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Science, Research and Development, Belgium

    J. Gretz, A. Strub, W. Palz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Design, Construction and Operation of Solar Central Receiver Projects, Varese, Italy, 4–8 June, 1984

  • Editors: J. Gretz, A. Strub, W. Palz

  • Series Title: Solar Energy R&D in the Ec Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2049-8Published: 30 June 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8885-5Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5402-1Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 470

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy

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