Tower solar thermal power generation principle
It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors (called heliostats) to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower (the target).
It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors (called heliostats) to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower (the target).
In power tower concentrating solar power systems, a large number of flat, sun-tracking mirrors, known as heliostats, focus sunlight onto a receiver at the top of a tall tower.
In a concentrating solar power (CSP) system, the sun's rays are reflected onto a receiver, which creates heat that is used to generate electricity that can be used immediately or stored for later use.
Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat (solar thermal energy), which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected to an electrical power generator [2].
CSP technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a receiver. The energy from the concentrated sunlight heats a high temperature fluid in the receiver.
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