Assessment of Solar Options for Small Power Systems Applications Volume II Comparative Ranking of Concepts

Solar thermal bowl concepts and economic comparisons for electricity generation

“…Most performance information is based on wet bulb temperature so a wet bulb temperature was calculated from a dry bulb temperature assuming a 35% relative humidity. The efficiency 5.19 1980) corrections were taken from published information (Bechtel Topical Report in Laity et al 1980, andBechtel 1985).…”

“…The Bechtel data in Laity et al (1980) provided part-load corrections for small turbines (0.5 MW, 2.0 MW, 10.0 MW). The part-load • correction for the 100-MW turbine was taken from part-load heat balances for a water/steam system presented in Darnell et al (1985).…”