Presented by

Mr. Amol .J. Torane

TE (Mechanical)

Under the Guidance of

Prof. Parag Marathe

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. D. Y. Patil SOE Lohegaon, Pune – 412105.
For A. Y. 2016-17
Literature Review-Paper 1
 Title of Research Paper : ‘ Solar Power Tower ’
 Name of Author : ‘ Prof. Chandan Kumar, Gaurav Kumawat ’
 Name of Journal/Publication: ‘ Indian Journal of Research, PERIPEX ’
 Published Year : ‘ 2013 ’
 Objectives: Study of solar power tower as well as continuing technology
development
 Methodology: It has endeavored to explain the solar power tower with an
overview of energy, form of energy, what is renewable energy, solar energy
and solar thermal energy
 Result & Concluding Remarks: In these paper it has been concluded that
the solar power tower is an emerging technology & economically erected
for the production of electricity.

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Literature Review-Paper 2
 Title of Research Paper : ‘ Utility-Scale Power Tower Solar Systems:
Performance Acceptance Test Guidelines ’
 Name of Author : ‘’
 Name of Journal/Publication: ‘ David Kearney’
 Published Year : ‘2013’
 Objectives: Methodology: 1. To provide Acceptance Test Guidelines for
the solar systems of power tower plant.
2.To measure the thermal power output of the
solar system under clear-sky conditions
 Result & Concluding Remarks: It has been concluded that various
second-order effects on equipment's such as the heliostat, receiver, the
thermal energy storage systems ( SET) could affect the performance of
plant
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Literature Review-Paper 3
 Title of Research Paper : ‘ Optimal heliostat aiming strategy for uniform
distribution of heat flux on the receiver of a solar power tower plant’
 Name of Author : ‘ Saeb M. Besarati, D. Yogi Goswami, elias K.
stefanakos ’
 Name of Journal/Publication: ‘ ELSEVIER ’
 Published Year : ‘ 2014 ’

 Objectives: To minimize the standard deviation of the flux density

distribution by changing or aiming points of individual heliostats.
 Methodology: Flux distribution of each heliostat is found by using the
HFLCAL model.
 Result & Concluding Remarks: After employing the new algorithm the
maximum flux density is reduced by an order of magnitude.
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Literature Review-Paper 4
Title of Research Paper : ‘ Energy and exergy analysis of a
closed Brayton cycle-based combined cycle for solar power tower plants. ’
Name of Author : ‘ V. Zare, M. Hasanzadeh ’
Name of Journal/Publication: ‘ ELSEVIER ’
Published Year : ‘ 2016 ’
Objectives: To employ an efficient thermodynamic power cycle.
Methodology: In these they use a two closed Brayton cycle, and extra
two organic Rankine cycle in order to recover the waste heat of Brayton
cycle
Result & Concluding Remarks: The overall efficiency of the
system is increased by 30%, and also the power cycle proposed in this work
has a better performance than the other cycles.
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Contents :
Why solar energy ?
Importance of solar energy.
Earths energy budget.
Current solar energy consumption.
Introduction to concentrated solar power tower.
Types of concentrated solar power system.
Plant design and its operation.
Advantages over other power plants.
Ideal place for CSP.
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 Why Solar Energy
• World Energy Conservation
predicted estimation about the rate
of utilization of energy resources
shows that the coal deposits will
deplete within the next 200 to 300
years and petroleum deposits will
deplete in next few decades
• The most advantage using Solar
Energy is that this is distributed
over a wide geographical area,
ensuring that developing regions
such as India have access to
electricity generation at a stable
cost for the long-term future
• The huge consumption of fossil
fuels has caused visible damage to
the environment in various forms

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 Importance
Importance of
of Solar
Solar Energy
Energy

The following table shows the amount of carbon

and sulphur deposited in the atmosphere

Amount deposited in the

S. No Activity atmosphere

1. Human Vehicle, Waste product etc 8 billion tones

2. Fossil fuels 6.5 million tones

3. Deforestation and forest firing 1.5 million tones

At present so many alternative fuels have been developed, still they are able to
meet only a small proportion of our actual demand - The right fuel mix
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Current solar energy
consumption

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INTRODUCTION:

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TYPES :

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 1. Linear concentrator
 Collects the sun's energy using long rectangular,
curved (U-shaped) mirrors.

 The reflected sunlight heats a fluid flowing through the tubes.

 The hot fluid then is used to boil water in a conventional

steam-turbine generator to produce electricity.

There are two major types of 
linear concentrator Systems : 

>> Parabolic trough systems and

>> Linear Fresnel reflector systems.

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 2. Dish/engine 
 Uses a mirrored dish similar to a very large satellite dish.

 The dish-shaped surface directs and concentrates sunlight onto a

thermal receiver, which absorbs and collects the heat and transfers
it to the engine generator.

 The most common type of heat engine used today in dish/engine

systems is the Stirling engine.

 The mechanical power is then used

to run a generator or alternator
to produce electricity.

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 3. Power tower systems 
 Uses a large field of flat, sun-tracking mirrors known as
heliostats to focus and concentrate sunlight onto a receiver
on the top of a tower.

 A heat-transfer fluid heated in the receiver

is used to generate steam.

 Some power towers use

The energy-storage capability,
or thermal storage, allows the system
to continue to dispatch electricity
during cloudy weather or at night.

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Basic Design Of CSP Plant

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Working/ Operation of Plant

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ADVANTAGES :

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IDEAL PLACES FOR CSP :

 The desert regions of

Australia and Africa.

 Mediterranean regions,
with frequent sunshine.

 In INDIA, places like

Gujarat & Rajasthan
etc..,
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References
 http://www.fae.sk/Dieret/Solar/solar.html
 http://www.wipp.ws/science/index.htm
 http://www.colby.
edu/personal/thtieten/cases.html
 http://www.volker-
quaschning.de/articles/fundamentals2/ind
ex2_e.html

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Questions

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Earth receives around 174 Petawatts of energy from sun and only a small part of it
is sufficient to meet the annual world electricity consumption of 20 Trillion kWh

We Just need to tap this potential

Thank You

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