This ppt represents the study of solar power tower as well as continuing technology development, in order to update the technical and economical status of molten-salt solar power tower. It has endeavoured to explain the solar power tower with an overview of energy, form of energy, what is renewable energy, solar energy, and solar thermal. The second section discusses History of solar power tower development. The third section presents progression from solar one to solar Two. The fifth section details of the molten-salt – what is molten-salt and its properties. The sixth section details of components of solar power tower- Heliostat system, receiver system, thermal storage system, steam generator system and electric generation system. In seventh section discuss about advantage of solar power tower. The opportunity in India of this concept has discussed in eighth section. The ninth section discusses various research and development of solar components. In final Section summarize the successes of solar power tower and current technology development activities.

1. 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

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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7. 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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• World Energy Conservation
predicted estimation about the rate
of utilization of energy resources
shows that the coal depositscoal deposits will
deplete within the next 200200 to 300300
years and petroleum depositspetroleum deposits will
deplete in next few decadesnext few decades
• The most advantage using SolarSolar
EnergyEnergy is that this is distributed
over a wide geographical area,
ensuring that developing regions
such as IndiaIndia 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
Why Solar EnergyWhy Solar Energy

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Importance of Solar EnergyImportance of Solar EnergyImportance of Solar EnergyImportance of Solar Energy
The following table shows the amount of carbon
and sulphur deposited in the atmosphere
S. No Activity
Amount deposited in the
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 mixThe 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.

17. Basic Design Of CSP Plant
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19. 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..,

22. References
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 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

23. 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