2006 Parabolic Trough Technology Workshop
The Parabolic Trough Technology Workshop was held on February 14-16, 2006, in Incline Village, Nevada. It had three goals:
- Exchanging technical information
- Collaborating on SolarPaces projects: receiver testing and dry cooling
- Gathering industry input on laboratory R&D directions.
The workshop featured presentations on the following topics:
- Power plant project developments
- Receiver testing
- Concentrator testing
- Thermal energy storage
- Wet and dry cooling
- Power plant design
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Attendee List: (PDF 31 KB)
Parabolic Trough Power Plant Project Developments
ENEA Activities on CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Technologies
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1.8 MB)
Presenter/Author: Maccari, A. (ENEA GmbH)
APS 1-MWe & Solargenix 64-MWe Nevada Solar One Project Status
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 827 KB)
Author: Gee, R. (Solargenix)
Presenter: Price, H. (NREL)
Need for Regulatory Revisions to Successfully Secure, CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Projects in the US: Lessons from Spain
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 2.8 MB)
Presenter/Author: Aringhoff, R. (Solar Millennium)
Western Governors' Association, Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative: Solar Task Force Report
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 309 KB)
Presenter: Kearney, D. (Kearney & Associates)
Status and Strategic Next Steps of Global Market Initiative for CSP (Concentrating Solar Power)
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1.2 MB)
Presenter/Author: Aringhoff, R. (Solar Millennium)
SEIA (Solar Energy Industry Association) — R&D Committee
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 164 KB)
Presenter/Author: Marker, A. (Schott Research and Development)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough technology research and development.
Parabolic Trough Receiver Testing
Parabolic Trough Receiver Testing, Thermal Loss Tests
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 722 KB)
Presenter: Lüpfert, E. (German Aerospace Center DLR)
Hydrogen Problem
Presentation Not Posted
Presenter/Author: Benz, N. (Schott Solar Thermal Business Unit)
Parabolic Trough Receiver Infrared Camera Field Test Results
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation: (PDF 553 KB)
Presenter/Author: Price, H. (NREL)
Trough Receiver Heat Loss Testing
NREL Presentation: (PDF 645 KB)
Presenter/Author: Lewandowski, A.
Other Authors: Feik, C.; Hansen, R.; Phillips, S.; Bingham, C.; Netter, J.; Forristal, R.; Burkholder, F.; Meglan, B.; Wolfrum, E.
Also see our publications and resources on parabolic trough receivers.
Parabolic Trough Concentrator Testing
Parabolic Trough Optical Performance Analysis Techniques
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 2 MB)
Presenter/Author: Lüpfert, E. (German Aerospace Center DLR)
Parabolic Trough VSHOT Optical Characterization in 2005-2006
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation: (PDF 772 KB)
Author: Wendelin, T. (NREL)
Presenter: Lewandowski, A. (NREL)
Practical Field Alignment of Parabolic Trough Concentrators
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 995 KB)
Author: Diver, R. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Presenter/Author: Brosseau, D. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Also see our publications and resources on parabolic trough concentrators.
Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage
Assessment of Thermal Energy Storage for Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 209 KB)
Presenter/Author: Kearney, D. (Kearney & Associates)
Thermal Storage Concept for a 50 MW Trough Power Plant in Spain
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1.5 MB)
Presenter/Author: Nava, P. (FlagSol GmbH)
Inorganic Molten Salt Thermal Storage R&D
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation: (PDF 332 KB)
Presenter/Author: Brosseau, D. (Sandia National Laboratories)
APS 1-MWe Parabolic Trough Thermocline Storage Design and Modeling
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation: (PDF 519 KB)
Presenter/Author: Brosseau, D. (Sandia National Laboratories)
TRNSYS Modeling of 1 MWe Saguaro Plant
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 267 KB)
Presenter/Author: Kolb, G. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Proposed Bench-Scale Tests to Investigate Recovery from Salt Freeze-Up Events in Trough Fields
Presentation Posted with Permission: Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 168 KB)
Presenter/Author: Kolb, G. (Sandia National Laboratories)
ENEA Activities on CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Technologies
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1.8 MB)
Presenter/Author: Maccari, A. (ENEA GmbH)
Concrete and Phase-Change TES (Thermal Energy Storage)
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 2.1 MB)
Presenter/Author: Tamme, R. (German Aerospace Center DLR)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough thermal energy storage.
Parabolic Trough Power Plant — Dry and Wet Cooling
Cooling for Parabolic Trough Power Plants: Overview
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation: (PDF 272 KB)
Presenter/Author: Price, H. (NREL)
Heat Rejection for Trough Rankine Cycles
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 51 KB)
Presenter/Author: Kelly, B. (Nexant Inc.)
Hybrid Wet/Dry Cooling for Power Plants
NREL Presentation: (PDF 1.1 MB)
Presenter/Author: Kutscher, C.
Also see our publications available on dry, wet and hybrid cooling.
Parabolic Trough Power Plant Design
Large Plant Studies
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 959 KB)
Presenter/Author: Kelly, B. (Nexant Inc.)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough power plant systems.
