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SOLAR POWER TOWER

SYSTEM

An Example of Innovative Power Technology

Ammar Majeed Butt


2011-ME-183
D-1

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

Thesolar power tower,alsoknownas


'centraltower'powerplantsor'heliostat
powerplants,isatypeofsolarfurnaceusing
atowertoreceivethefocusedsunlight.Itusesan
arrayofflat,movablemirrors(calledheliostats)to
focusthesun'sraysuponacollectortower(the
target).

*CSP= Concentrated Solar Power

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM

CONCLUSION
More reliable

Pollution Control
Solar power will become more important,
due to higher cost reduction potential
Solar tower with molten salt: more
promising in short term
Sustainable Energy

SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM


References
DLR Institute of Social Research (
http://www.dlr.de/sf/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid
-7066/
)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower
http://solareis.anl.gov/guide/solar/csp/

THANK YOU

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