The present invention provides features and configurations for improving the energy efficiency of a solar receiver and a solar power steam generation plant.
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Unlike traditional thermal power plants that rely on steam turbines, PV systems are inherently passive during operation and consume virtually no water for energy production.
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Of interest are the flow regimes, heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops that are experienced during the thermal processes present in direct steam generation systems, including those occurring in the solar collectors, evaporators, condensers and relevant energy.
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The solar steam generator introduced in this work shows up to 87% solar steam generation efficiency at high energy concentrations (10 suns, optical losses not considered), thus even.
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