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Solar Power

Solar Power

The amount of sunlight that strikes the earth’s surface in an hour and a half is enough to handle the entire world’s energy consumption for a full year. Solar technologies convert sunlight into electrical energy either through photovoltaic (PV) panels or through mirrors that concentrate solar radiation. This energy can be used to generate electricity or be stored in batteries or thermal storage.

Below, you can find resources and information on the basics of solar radiation, photovoltaic and concentrating solar-thermal power technologies, electrical grid systems integration, and the non-hardware aspects (soft costs) of solar energy. You can also learn more about how to go solar and the solar energy industry. In addition, you can dive deeper into solar energy and learn about how the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office is driving innovative research and development in these areas.

Isometric Solar Panel cell System with Hybrid Inverter, Controller, Battery Bank and Meter designed. Renewable Energy Sources. Backup Power Energy Storage System

Solar Energy 101
Solar radiation is light – also known as electromagnetic radiation – that is emitted by the sun. While every location on Earth receives some sunlight over a year, the amount of solar radiation that reaches any one spot on the Earth’s surface varies. Solar technologies capture this radiation and turn it into useful forms of energy.

There are two main types of solar energy technologies—photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP).

Photovoltaics Basics
You’re likely most familiar with PV, which is utilized in solar panels. When the sun shines onto a solar panel, energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the PV cells in the panel. This energy creates electrical charges that move in response to an internal electrical field in the cell, causing electricity to flow.

SOALR CONCENTRATOR

  1. Conical aluminum alloy mirrors
  2. Reflection > 98.8%
  3. Concentration level ̊c> 950
  4. Temperature in focus up to 3000 ̊c

 

 

 

 

SOLAR RADIATION RECEIVER

  1. Working fluid is air
  2. Very high efficiency collection and conversion
  3. Receiving surface temperatures Up to 1000̊̊c

Thermal storage Battery Storage

  1. Capacity of thermal Battery >450kwh/m3
  2. Thermal storage temperature >800 ̊c
  3. Thermal energy storage 180 days x24h- 4320h
  4. Cost 0.8 S/kwh
  5. Operation of thermal storage >50 years
  6. Heat losses in 180 days less than

 Radial Flow Turbine Electricity Generator

Radial flow Turbine Electricity Generator

Hot Air Turbine – Electricity Generator

Application of Solar Energy

Solar Power Plant with Steam Turbine

Solar Power Plant with Air Turbine

Stem production for various industries

crude oil extraction – mining – food industry pharmaceutical industry

Steam production 24/7

   

Seawater Desalinization

Portable Hot Water Production for Remote/Emergences

Hot Water for Industrial Applications and Process

Heated water Accumulators/ storage

 

High Efficiency solar Heating for Residential Buildings

  1. House of 100 m2
  2. Annual energy consumption 12000 kwh
  3. Thermal storage tank 169m3
  4. Solar concentrator diameters 5m

Concentrators

Our Technology Concentrator

  1. Acts as a lens
  2. Made from concentric circular Aluminum mirrors
  3. Tracks the sun throughout the day
  4. Low maintenance
  5. Easy to clean.

Concentrator –Mk15

  1. Concentrator dimeters:15m
  2. Concentrator height at 90 deg elevation:12 m
  3. Total weight of the steel starcture:11,000kg
  4. Collective material: Aluminum
  5. Mirror reflective:92-95%
  6. Normal power:@1000 w/m2  170kw-th z@800 w/m2          136kw-th@600 w/m2  102kw-th
  7. Concentration ratio:>2000
  8. Theoretical temperature at Focus :2000c

Concentrator- Mk10

  1. Solar concentrator 10-meter diameter
  2. Normal power p=70kwth
  3. Two axis tracking
  4. Aluminum mirrors
  5. High concentration ration c=2000
  6. Focus temperature t=1.700 deg c
  7. Heat transfer fluid Water, steam, glycol, air
  8. Operating temp from 100 deg c To 600 deg c

  Concentrator- Mk6

  1. solar connector 6 – meter diameter
  2. nominal power p=32 kwth
  3. Two axis tracking
  4. Aluminum mirrors
  5. Heat transfer fluid water, oil, air
  6. Operating temp from 100 deg C to 300 deg C

Concentrator –Mk26

  1. Solar connector 26 – meter diameter
  2. Fixed focus
  3. Collector surface =250 sqm
  4. Nominal power p=250kwth
  5. Two axis tracking
  6. Aluminum mirrors
  7. High concentration ration c=2300
  8. Focus temperature t= over 2000̊c
  9. Heat transfer fluid air

Modular solution

  1. one module power 70 kw
  2. Solar field power from 1 mw to 10 mw
  3. Thermal storage integration for continuous production
  4. High annual capacity
  5. Energy production 24/7 from solar

Heat industry

DNI kwh/aqm.annum Solar kwh/year NG nm3/year HFO lit./year COAL kg/year STEAM kg/year
1400 1.176.000 148.485 147.000 357.447 1.680.000
1500 1.260.000 159.091 157.000 382.979 1.800.000
1600 1.344.000 169.697 168.000 408.511 1.920.000
1700 1.428.000 180.303 178.000 434.043 2.040.000
1800 1.512.000 190.909 189.000 459.574 2.160.000
1900 1.596.000 201.515 199.000 485.106 2.280.000
2000 1.680.000 212.121 210.000 510.638 2.400.000
2100 1.764.000 222.727 220.000 536.170 2.520.000
2200 1.848.000 233.333 231.000 561.702 2.640.000
2300 1.932.000 243.939 241.000 587.234 2.760.000
2400 2.016.000 254.545 252.000 612.766 2.880.000
2500 2.100.000 265.152 262.500 638.298 3.000.000
2600 2.184.000 275.758 273.000 663.830 3.120.000
2700 2.268.000 286.364 283.500 689.362 3.240.000
2800 2.352.000 296.970 294.000 714.894 3.360.000

 

1MW solar field /15 concentrators .annual energy generation and fuel equipment saving dependent on the solar resource . And needed 3 500 sqm.

Applications

  1. Power production
  2. Industrial process heat
  3. Water desalination
  4. Enhanced oil recovery
  5. Absorption