General Description of the System

The Solar thermal plant can be broken down into five interlinked principal subsystems:

• The Solar Collector Field

• The Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) system

• The Power Block

• The Water Systems

• The Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system - optional

• Ancillary Systems

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General Process Schematic

The TES system is not required for the proper operation of the Plant, but is intended as an auxiliary system to improve plant utilization, manageability and generation capacity. Taken together, these benefits significantly improve the project’s return on investment.

These systems are identified in the following general process schematic.General Process Schematic

 

The Solar Field

The elemental unit of the solar field is the parabolic trough solar collector module.