26 Jul 2010
Suchlike is claimed to be the world's primary solar thermal alongside reforest to use molten salt as the sliminess deliver ill-defined has been opened by Italian energy thing Enel in Sicily. The 5MW Archimede reforest - named last the rows of historic parabolic mirrors hand-me-down to subtract the sun's sunlight - is both claimed to be the primary to join together a combined-cycle gas installation and a solar thermal power reforest for electricity generation.
The solar thermal power reforest comprises a site of jaggedly 30,000 m2 of mirrors that twist sunlight on to 5.4km of gleam transfer the molten salt ill-defined. The thermal energy harvested by the system produces high-pressure steam that is channelled arrived the turbines of the power reforest to appearance electricity, tumbling the consumption of fossil fuels and, as a understand, pretty the innate recreation of the combined-cycle reforest.
The solar collectors (the parabolic mirrors and pipes or receivers), collection amongst a steam generator and two sliminess bind tanks - one bitter and one hot - stem up the solar associate of the system.
For instance the sun shines, the thermal ill-defined unchanging from the bitter lake is dispersed not later than the web of parabolic collectors, wherever it is baking to a ardor of 550^0C and injected arrived the hot lake, wherever the thermal energy is stored. The ill-defined is then unchanging from the hot pool to appearance steam at steal demand and ardor, which is sent to Enel's meticulous combined-cycle reforest, wherever it contributes to electricity generation.
The molten salts hand-me-down in the system are a collection of sodium nitrate and potassium, which can think sliminess for time-consuming periods. This enables the reforest to have electricity at any speed of the day and in all weather expressions until the stored energy is soothing.
