Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Plants


Hybrid solar thermal power plants are extremely efficient plants that can operate regardless of the time of day or weather, and produce the required power output. When there is no sun, the plant will use natural gas or clean bio-fuels instead. A hybrid plant will typically consist of the following: a solar tower (a large insulated tower with air), heliostats (devices that concentrate solar power and follow the sun using tracking sensors and drive motors), as well as a solar energy receiver.


Solar power is first concentrated by the heliostat (up to 1000 times), and then absorbed in the solar energy receivers mounted on the tower. The solar receiver's surface starts to emit hot air into the tower (towers have a porous surface for the air to pass through). Hot air is drawn through the tower by a fan, until it reaches the thermal cycle engine. When it does, the engine begins to convert the air into mechanical energy. The mechanical energy is then converted into electric by an electric generator.

Hybrid solar plants equipped with solar receivers can heat the steam up to 600 degrees Celsius due to high optical concentration. The higher the steam temperature, the less of the external fuel (natural gas or bio-fuels) is needed to bring it up to the necessary turbine inlet temperature.


Non-hybrid thermal solar power plants operate using clean solar energy, and the fuel in them is completely replaced by the sunlight. The only problem is that such solar plants work only when it is sunny. That is why hybrid plants that use the combination of the two: solar power and fuels (natural gas or bio-fuels) have become so popular today.





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  1. UnknownDecember 12, 2019 at 2:34 AM

    It would be better if we implemented such types of power plan and reduce the power consumption.
    Thanks for sharing informative post.
    Mark Edward’s Power Efficiency Guide

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