Friday, May 24, 2013
WHAT IS A SOLAR TOWER.
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A Solar Tower
power plant- sometimes referred to as a "Solar Chimney"
or "Solar Updraft Tower" is a Solar Thermal Power Plant that
combines the use of a solar air collector (canopy) and a central updraft tube
to generate a solar induced convective flow which drives pressure staged
turbines to generate electricity.
HOW IT WORKS:
The Technology is made up of three components.
The Tower.
The Tower is the
thermal engine of the Solar Tower technology. In it, heat is transformed into
mechanical energy. The updraft inside the tower, produced by the rising
lighter, hot air, is essential for this. The greater the velocity of the Tower,
the higher the column of air is and the stronger the updraft. Therefore, a
high-capacity power plant should have the highest Tower possible.
The Canopy
The canopy
converts a large percentage of the insulation into heat, which in turn, heats
the air trapped under the canopy roof or is stored in the ground soil thermal
storage system. One of the main objectives of the canopy is to lose as little
heat as possible into the ambient.
The Turbines
The Turbines transform the energy
from the heat and pressure of the air into mechanical energy and the generator
converts it into electricity. They work like the well known Kaplan Turbines
used in hydro-electric power plants.
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