This overview will focus on the central receiver, or “power tower” concentrating solar power plant design, in which a field of mirrors - heliostats, track the sun throughout the day and year to reflect solar energy to a receiver that absorbs solar radiation as thermal energy.
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The solar collection dish, often called a parabolic dish collector, is a highly efficient method within CSP. It captures the sun's rays and directs them to a single point, converting light into heat and subsequently into usable power.
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Solar thermal power generation, with its regulation characteristics comparable to conventional thermal power units, can quickly and deeply participate in power grid peak shaving and frequency modulation, thereby enhancing the flexibility of the power system.
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This chapter presents the general details on modeling and simulation of solar thermal plants along with an example of a step-by-step process to design and optimize a central receiver solar thermal power plant with a steam Rankine cycle and a two-tank molten salt.
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