INDITEP: The first pre-commercial DSG solar power plant

Applied Research Concerning the Selection of Track Modes of Parabolic Trough Collectors in Sub-tropical Area

“…Two axes tracking follows not only the sun's changing altitude, but also the sun's changing azimuth, so as to concentrate the parallel rays incident on the reflectors right onto the receiver tube, while for single axis tracking, the collectors can be orientated in a north-south direction and track the sun from east to west (horizontal E-W tracking), and can be orientated in an east-west direction, track the sun from north to south (horizontal N-S tracking), or be installed and tilted at an angle equal to the latitude of the installation site facing directly to the sun and track the sun's east-west movement (polar E-W tracking), as in [3][4][5][6][7][8]. …”

Performance of a direct steam generation solar thermal power plant for electricity production as a function of the solar multiple

“…When using water/steam, the optimum mass flow per loop should be in the range of 1-2 kg/s, in order to have reasonable valúes of pressure drop in every loop (Zarza et al, 2006). In this case, the superheated steam produced at every loop is 1.459 kg/s.…”

Exergy and exergoeconomic analysis of sustainable direct steam generation solar power plants

“…These considerations led to development of several projects such as DISS project, a full-scale solar steam generator test facility with a maximum 2 MW thermal power, at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA) in Spain which is initiated to investigate the operation of DSG under steady-state [18] and transient [19] conditions. The experiences that have been gained in DISS project are applied to INDITEP project; a conceptual design of the first pre-commercial DSG power plant [20]. As there is no previous experience of operation of DSG solar plant, the design of INDITEP project limits the capacity to 5 MW to reduce the financial risk for investors.…”