...I. Hischier; P. Poživil; A. Steinfeld A high-temperature pressurized air-based receiver is considered as a module for power generation via solar-driven gas turbines. A set of silicon carbide cavity-receivers attached to a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) are tested on a solar tower...

...B. Grange; A. Ferrière; D. Bellard; M. Vrinat; R. Couturier; F. Pra; Y. Fan In the framework of the French PEGASE project (Production of Electricity by GAs turbine and Solar Energy), CNRS/PROMES laboratory is developing a 4 MWth pressurized air solar receiver with a surface absorber based...

...Hui Hong; Tao Han; Hongguang Jin A novel solar-hybrid gas turbine combined cycle was proposed. The cycle integrates methanol-fueled chemical-looping combustion and solar thermal energy at around 200 ° C , and it was investigated with the aid of the energy-utilization diagram (EUD). Solar thermal...

...Pierre Garcia; Alain Ferriere; Gilles Flamant; Philippe Costerg; Robert Soler; Bruno Gagnepain The production of electricity with gas turbine and solar energy project aims to install at the Themis site (Targasonne, France) a prototype of hybrid solar/fossil gas-turbine system for electricity...

...M. Röger; M. Pfänder; R. Buck High air outlet temperatures increase the solar share of pressurized solar receivers for gas turbines, operated in solar-fossil hybrid mode. However, an increase in outlet temperature over 800 ° C leads to excessive heating of the receiver window, unless it is actively...

.... The solar energy was concentrated in a volumetric receiver. ORMAT presented two modes of operation for introducing syngas to a gas turbine. One mode of “syngas only” and the second for utilization of mixtures of LPG and syngas. Modification of a gas turbine to be fueled only with syngas, incorporated...

...Uri Fisher; Chemi Sugarmen; Arik Ring; Joseph Sinai Achieving solar produced electricity at a reasonable price with large utility-size units is a worldwide goal. This can be achieved by high efficiency systems and hardware cost reduction. The ORMAT Brayton cycle solar hybrid gas turbine is a step...

...Reiner Buck; Thomas Bra¨uning; Thorsten Denk; Markus Pfa¨nder; Peter Schwarzbo¨zl; Felix Tellez Solar hybrid power plants have a significant potential for cost reduction when the solar energy is introduced into a gas turbine system. The introduction into gas turbine systems could be realized...

..., such as gas turbines or fuel cells. In comparison to conventionally heated processes about 30% of fuel can be saved with respect to the same specific output. Such processes can be used in small scale as a stand-alone system for off-grid markets as well as in large scale to be operated in connection...