COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF SOLAR TOTAL ENERGY SYSTEMS FINAL REPORT VOLUME 3 – CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND MARKET ANALYSES

摘要

As indicated in Figure 1, a solar thermal STES utilizes a concentrating solar collector to produce a high-temperature fluid which supplies energy to a power conversion system (PCS) and/or hot thermal energy storage for later use to power the PCS. The electrical energy produced by the PCS is used to supply the user's electrical demand loads (lighting, vapor compression chillers, etc.) and/or an electrical energy storage system. Rejected thermal energy from the PCS can be cascaded to supply the user's thermal demand loads and/or absorption chiller refrigeration units with all excess energy exhausted to the atmosphere primarily through a cooling tower.