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Simplified Methodology For Designing Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants, Ricardo Vasquez Padilla
Simplified Methodology For Designing Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants, Ricardo Vasquez Padilla
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The performance of parabolic trough based solar power plants over the last 25 years has proven that this technology is an excellent alternative for the commercial power industry. Compared to conventional power plants, parabolic trough solar power plants produce significantly lower levels of carbon dioxide, although additional research is required to bring the cost of concentrator solar plants to a competitive level. The cost reduction is focused on three areas: thermodynamic efficiency improvements by research and development, scaling up of the unit size, and mass production of the equipment. The optimum design, performance simulation and cost analysis of the parabolic …