Very clear animation. Thank You. Why is the low temperature and low pressure steam condensed? I suppose there is energy loss in it. Because it is necessary to be able to reheat again?
Guzzi venture Very good question. The steam is condensed again to turn into water again so that the water can be reheated again in the liquid form. There is considerable energy loss when the low pressure steam is condensed into liquid water. Once the liquid is heated again indirectly by the solar energy, more energy can be added to liquid water to turn the liquid water into steam again. It's a cycle that is used in nuclear reactors, coal steam turbines, etc. All forms of electrical energy production that use turbines have this exact cycle, just that the method of producing the steam varies from nuclear, solar, coal, etc.
It is a way to control the steam pressure . Just imagine if the water all overheated into steam..and pressure build up in the system..without any condensation. U gonna explode the steam turbine..
Hi Eric . i have a question . Dose any external pumping equipment require in the system? how molten salt pumps back to the tower from storage ? how water pumps to the turbine from water tank ? please answer those questions .
kevin pounal the salt shouldnt be allowed to solifify completly thats why its called “cold molten salt” it means it exchanged some of its heat with water but not all of it
Hi @Eric Layton, thank you for this animation, your explanation was really easy to follow. Do you think there are some limitations to this system? And if there are, what might they be? Thank you for reading.
I'm suprised that the heliostats are not dish shaped to concentrate more of the heat into one point. I also wonder if anyone has done a half heliostat half solar panel on one mount. This way you could store the solar panel energy in a battery and the heliostat side could heat the tower 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
Great question! They do use high frequency speakers/sirens near the focal points of concentrated solar plants as well as near wind turbines for this same reason. This keeps away birds and does a very good job at doing so. Great question!
Probably worth noting that buildings cause FAR more bird deaths than concentrated solar power and wind turbines. To put it into perspective, between 365 and 988 million birds die from crashing into windows in the United States each year (according to this article tinyurl.com/y98knd3n). Having said that I still think some effort should be made to avoid bird deaths/injuries but it shouldn't be a reason to avoid investing in these renewable technologies.
sir. i m from india. i have a few ques... please reply. i need them urgently.. 1. how do you maintain the high temp of the salts in the hot storage tank? 2. is the press of the steam enough to drive the turbine? 3. is it economical to setup the plant for agricultural purposes in rural areas? 4.what happens if the weather is cloudy for a wekk long period?
I do inspections for these plants. 1) Proper insulation. 2) Steam generators have more than 1500 PSI 3) May not be viable for rural agriculture because of high cost of the CSP plant. India has out beaten China & Germany in 2016 in solar conventional power production. PM, Modi is a great advocate of this technology. I will be visiting the world's largest CSP plant at Ivanpah, near Las Vegas end of next month.
One thing just want to tell you....
Animation and editing is upto the level!!
Salute to the video editor!!
Thanks for this nice video, now i can share with my students about CSP.
How much energy per 1km squared of parabolic mirror?
Very clear animation. Thank You.
Why is the low temperature and low pressure steam condensed? I suppose there is energy loss in it. Because it is necessary to be able to reheat again?
Guzzi venture Very good question. The steam is condensed again to turn into water again so that the water can be reheated again in the liquid form. There is considerable energy loss when the low pressure steam is condensed into liquid water. Once the liquid is heated again indirectly by the solar energy, more energy can be added to liquid water to turn the liquid water into steam again. It's a cycle that is used in nuclear reactors, coal steam turbines, etc. All forms of electrical energy production that use turbines have this exact cycle, just that the method of producing the steam varies from nuclear, solar, coal, etc.
It is a way to control the steam pressure . Just imagine if the water all overheated into steam..and pressure build up in the system..without any condensation. U gonna explode the steam turbine..
Is temperature C equal to watts per cm or meter? Squared area or cubic area? Per a second, minute, or hour? I must have this information.
Great vid, thanks
Hi Eric . i have a question . Dose any external pumping equipment require in the system? how molten salt pumps back to the tower from storage ? how water pumps to the turbine from water tank ? please answer those questions .
after the salt melt the first time them get cool harden into a pillow of rock how it is pump after?
kevin pounal the salt shouldnt be allowed to solifify completly thats why its called “cold molten salt” it means it exchanged some of its heat with water but not all of it
Hi @Eric Layton, thank you for this animation, your explanation was really easy to follow. Do you think there are some limitations to this system? And if there are, what might they be?
Thank you for reading.
I'm suprised that the heliostats are not dish shaped to concentrate more of the heat into one point.
I also wonder if anyone has done a half heliostat half solar panel on one mount.
This way you could store the solar panel energy in a battery and the heliostat side could heat the tower 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
There has been cases where birds have suffer burns because they flew near the focal point. Any ideas in how this can be prevented?
Great question! They do use high frequency speakers/sirens near the focal points of concentrated solar plants as well as near wind turbines for this same reason. This keeps away birds and does a very good job at doing so. Great question!
Nice. This is by far the least intrusive source of renewable energy in my opinion. Also reliable 24/7. We just need to scale up. Thanks.
thanks for this note
Probably worth noting that buildings cause FAR more bird deaths than concentrated solar power and wind turbines. To put it into perspective, between 365 and 988 million birds die from crashing into windows in the United States each year (according to this article tinyurl.com/y98knd3n).
Having said that I still think some effort should be made to avoid bird deaths/injuries but it shouldn't be a reason to avoid investing in these renewable technologies.
Compared to burning fossil fuels or generating nuclear waste, it's worth losing a few birds.
¿What program did you use?! It's awesome!
Brilliant technology"
The question is are the salt and water pumped manually or electrically? Pumping it manually is more tiresome, but it saves energy, so it matters.
How much power per squared meter?
sir. i m from india. i have a few ques... please reply. i need them urgently..
1. how do you maintain the high temp of the salts in the hot storage tank?
2. is the press of the steam enough to drive the turbine?
3. is it economical to setup the plant for agricultural purposes in rural areas?
4.what happens if the weather is cloudy for a wekk long period?
I do inspections for these plants. 1) Proper insulation. 2) Steam generators have more than 1500 PSI 3) May not be viable for rural agriculture because of high cost of the CSP plant. India has out beaten China & Germany in 2016 in solar conventional power production. PM, Modi is a great advocate of this technology. I will be visiting the world's largest CSP plant at Ivanpah, near Las Vegas end of next month.
@@dearkrish1 hi which ASME code do they use for the receiver? ASME I or ASME VIII?
There's going to be a lot of cooked birds in those fields
Concented solar power కు సంబందించిన 25 పేపర్ సెండ్ చేయరా
లేకపోతే ఏమైనా side ఉంటే చెప్పారా సార్
So WHAT happen if strong wind knock-down all mirrors?
Yes...apocalypse :\