CSP module solution provides several output
possibilities
The CSP module
solution can be applied to a series of applications
all essential for a wide spread of industries. Moreover, it is
possible to combine outputs enabling for example a production of
electricity and cooling or cooling and desalination.
Below is listed a few examples of
industries that can benefit from CSP module solution:
Electricity: can be applied in
all industries.
Heating: can be applied for district
heating, mining, hotels, apartment blocks, hospitals and
prisons.
Process steam: can be applied for
district heating, laundries, dairies, brewhouses and food
industries.
Cooling: can be applied for
air-conditioning in hotels, apartment blocks, hospitals, and
cooling of large industries with a refrigeration demand such as
large dairies.
Desalination of water: can be applied for
areas with limited water resources such as Sudan, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe and Tunisia.
Mechanical power: a steam turbine can
drive rotating equipment such as pumps, air compressors and
blowers.
To illuminate the application possibilities using
the concentrated solar power technology as industrial size energy
source, a series of cases differing in size, location and industry
are presented below:
In Denmark the parabolic
trough system is used as an add-on application for district
heating. In this case a series of 504 troughs are installed
over 70,000m2 to produce 451,000 liters of hot water per
year for heating up Danish households. This specific system reduces
emission gases by 337 tons per year and is saving fossil fuels in
the production of district heating and thereby delivers a greener
heat for the environmentally conscious Danish society.
In Australia the solar tower system is applied for
producing steam for cleaning bottles in a large international
brewery. The solar tower with a height of 42 meter produces 15 tons
of hot steam per hour and over 31,000 tons per year with a field of
700 heliostats.
In Africa, where many suffer from
water deficiency, and food, beverage and medicine go to waste
due to the frequent electrical cuts, the solar tower is applied for producing
electricity and desalination, producing 224 tons of drinking water
per hour and over 560,000 tons per year. The 60 meter high 5MW
solar tower, which has a field of 2580 heliostats is not afflicted
by the electrical cuts, and can thereby guarantee a safe
refrigeration of medicine and food, while producing fresh drinking
water.
In India the parabolic trough system is applied
for producing steam, which is used for cleaning clothes in a
textile factory. 216 troughs are spread over 20.000m2
and produce 13 tons of hot steam per hour and 23.500 tons per year
for the factory.
In Italy the parabolic trough system is used as
an add-on on a coal fueled power plant, where it produces 90 tons
of steam per hour and 10MW electricity for the Italian households,
saving on the costly coal reserves. The parabolic trough system
covers a field of 180,000m2 with 1368 troughs and
delivers green electricity for the Italians.
In the Middle East a large luxury hotel complex
uses the solar
tower system for air-conditioning the hotel. The solar tower
system produces 4.4MW cooling and 6.5 tons of steam per hour and
13,500 tons per year through the 71,000m2 field of 280
heliostats.
To hear more about the
application possibilities within your industry please contact
us.
You can also download a
product sheet about Aalborg CSP module solution.
