Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de Almería

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
1 General Presentation ................................................................... 7
1.1 The PSA as a large solar installation: general information.......... 7
1.2 Functional Structure ............................................................ 8
1.3 Human and Economic Resources ........................................... 9
1.4 Scope of collaboration........................................................ 10
1.5 Training activities.............................................................. 13
1.6 PSA National Access Activities ............................................. 14
2 Facilities and infrastructure ........................................................ 15
2.1 General Description of the PSA............................................ 15
2.2 Central Receiver Facilities: CESA-1 and CRS.......................... 16
2.2.1 7-MW t CESA-I Facility ................................................ 16
2.2.2 The 2.7-MW th SSPS-CRS Facility .................................. 17
2.3 Linear focusing facilities: DCS, DISS, EUROTROUGH and LS3 .. 19
2.3.1 The DISS experimental plant....................................... 19
2.3.2 The LS-3 (HTF) Test Loop ........................................... 20
2.4 Dish/Stirling Systems: DISTAL and EUROdish........................ 21
2.4.1 Principles ................................................................. 21
2.4.2 DISTAL I .................................................................. 22
2.4.3 DISTAL II................................................................. 22
2.4.4 EURODISH ............................................................... 23
2.5 Solar Furnace ................................................................... 23
2.5.1 General Description and Principles of Operation ............. 23
2.5.2 Heliostats ................................................................. 24
2.5.3 Concentrator ............................................................ 24
2.5.4 Attenuator................................................................ 24
2.5.5 Test Table ................................................................ 25
2.5.6 Distribution of the Flux Density in the Focus.................. 25
2.6 Solar Photochemical Facilities.............................................. 25
2.7 PSA Analysis Lab............................................................... 25
2.8 SOL-14 Solar Thermal Seawater Desalination Plant ................ 26
2.9 Stationary Solar Collector Test Platform................................ 27
2.10 PSA Meteorological Station ................................................. 28
2.11 The Spectral Calibration Laboratory ..................................... 29
2.12 Energy Testing of Building Components Laboratory (LECE)...... 30
3 Solar Concentrating Systems Unit ............................................... 31
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 31
3.2 Medium Concentration Group.............................................. 32
3.2.1 DISTOR ................................................................... 33
3.2.2 Almería GDV............................................................. 34
3.2.3 Low-cost absorber tubes ............................................ 36
3.2.4 Advanced low-temperature absorber coatings................ 37
3.2.5 FASOL ..................................................................... 38
3.2.6 Innovative working fluids for parabolic-trough collectors . 40
3.2.7 Other activities of the medium Concentration Group ....... 41
3.3 High Concentration Group .................................................. 42
3.3.1 SOLAR TRES............................................................. 43
3.3.2 Development of the molten salt receiver for a solar
thermal power plant .................................................. 45
3.3.3 PS10 ....................................................................... 47
3.3.4 HICONPV ................................................................. 47
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