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EuroTrough - Design Issues and Prototype Testing at PSA

Eckhard Lpfert, Michael Geyer German Aerospace Center (DLR), PSA, Spain Wolfgang Schiel Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Stuttgart, Germany Antonio Esteban, Rafael Osuna INABENSA, Sevilla, Spain Eduardo Zarza CIEMAT-PSA, Almera, Spain Paul Nava

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EuroTrough initial remarks

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Concentrating Parabolic Trough Collector for solar...

electricity generation desalination process heat

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Outlet temperature 400C (752F) Collector size 545 m2 - 817 m2 up to 650 kW thermal output per collector Electricity price ranges 15 cts/kWh
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Technology under commercial operation in California (Mojave Desert, 354 MWel)

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Schematic of a solar thermal power plant

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Trough Collector Performance (Egypt)

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1800 1600 Annual Thermal Output [kWht/ma] 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Flatplate 30 inclined

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Flatplate Collector 30 inclined with C=1.5 side reflector concentration Evacuated Tube Collector 30 inclined Evacuated Tube Collector 30 inclined with 1.5 CPC concentration Parabolic Trough NorthSouth

Operating Temperature [C]

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The EuroTrough Prototype

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EuroTrough Project Start

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in the nineties: a vision a group of visionaries

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C R E S
The European Commission
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EuroTrough Project Starting point

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an international platform a test loop on PSA a reference (California)

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EuroTrough Characteristics
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Layout support structure collector length

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drive max. wind speed Tracking control parabola aperture width Reflector optical efficiency absorber tube Fluid cost

parabolic trough collector steel frame work, pre-galvanized, three variants; light weight, low torsion 12 m per element; 100 - 150 m collector length hydraulic drive operation: 14 m/s, stow: 40 m/s clock + sun sensor, <2 mrad 2 y = x /4f with f = 1.71 m 5.8 m 4 glass facets 0.80 (design) evacuated glass envelope, UVAC or other, application dependent oil, steam, application dependent 2 < 200 Euro/m
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so what is new?
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Wind-tunnel results
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pressures in kN/m2 for max. bending (left), max torsion (right)

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Wind tunnel testing + finite elements structural analyses

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Bending

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Torsion

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(b)
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EuroTrough support structure

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Optical Performance under Wind Loads

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80

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spillage in %

60

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LS-3 average twist of SCE on wind ET4 average twist of SCE on wind ET6 average twist of SCE on wind spillage losses due to twisting 5 m/s

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Twist in mrad

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wind speed (m/s)

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EuroTrough Structural Elements

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c b EuroTrough collector element consisting out of

(a) 2 endplates (b) 4 simple steel frames screwed to a torque box (c) 3 HCE supports (d) 14 cantilever arms and (e) 28 mirror facets.

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EuroTrough Prototype
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EuroTrough Solar Collector Element - weights

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EuroTrough Collector Component Glass mirrors HCE (incl. oil) Torque box End Plates Cantilever Arms HCE supports Torque Transfer Total weight steel structure only Specific weight steel only Total weight incl. mirrors and HCE Specific weight kg/m

strong SCE field SCE kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg/m kg kg/m 747 73 597 186 384 113 32 1,312 19.0 2,132 30.9 747 73 597 130 231 90 32 1,080 15.6 1,900 27.5
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EuroTrough Collector Assembly

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Assembly Jig
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EuroTrough project results

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various design studies many design details addressed collector drawings available prototype collector started up cost estimations for series production performance models market analyses design review and continuation world-wide exploitation opportunities project consortium established

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EuroTrough results cost reduction aspects

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following cost reduction potentials have been identified:

cost reduction by improvement of the optical performance of the collector
rigid support structure --> frame work torque box manufacturing assembly accuracy

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cost reduction by simplification of the design

less different profiles, parts better transportation assembly concept

cost reduction by weight reduction of the structure

frame work structure, closed profiles finite element method for structural design calculations wind analyses for proper definition of the load cases

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Further cost reduction achieved in additional steps towards inclination of the collector and extension of collector length per drive unit (EuroTrough II).
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EuroTrough performance
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thermal testing at PSA with oil loop up to 390C in east-west orientation

(normal incident radiation once a day)

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influence of
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Sun

fluid temperature solar radiation (direct normal) incidence angle

Gain

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Loss

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therm

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photogrammetry mechanical analyses

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Reflector

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Photogrammetric Analysis
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3D-Analysis of Reflector Geometry

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EuroTrough Project Prospects

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world wide GEF projects Spain Greece

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EU directive for renewables European project developments

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Summary
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European solar parabolic trough collector known geometry wind loads analysed improved support structure
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cost reduction achieved prototype testing at Plataforma Solar

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