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*http://www.rise.org.au/info/Tech/hightemp/index.html
Elianto in Italy and Ausra in Australia are using a very smart-looking design that is basically a parabolic trough with fresnel effect, but the receiver is kept stationary like a tower.  Only 1 axis needs to be turned to control all mirrors and they can be geared together so that only 1 motor is required.  Allows mirrors to stay close to ground.  Serious drawback: long focal length requires very accurate parabolic mirrors.  At 0:40, Elianto shows a detail of the receiver.
*http://www.ausramediaroom.com/
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkucHl4GgN8
 
Saracon Parabolic Trough: low-temp steam for cooking for 15 to 30 people. 
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJYeQHAvgTM#t=240
 
PRACTICA Foundation "Smart Tech Against Poverty" has a parabolic dish and parabolic trough design for producing steam to drive micro steam engines for pumping water:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwdEwHzGTA
*http://www.practica.org/services/r-d/thermal-solar-pumps/
 
Alterner Solar with a large steam solar collector:
*http://www.youtube.com/altenersolar#p/a/u/1/u42TFg2g4r4
 
Dr Reddy at IIT Madras with 2 Solar steam designs and has worked on optimizing the receivers:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNFKKsPxoo
*http://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/activities/solarpower/iitmadras.pdf
 
Concentrated Solar Power Open Source Initiative (CSPOSI):
*http://www.csposi.org/
 
The solar cooking wikia:
*http://solarcooking.wikia.com/


DIY solar Site:
DIY solar Site:
*http://www.builditsolar.com/index.htm
*http://www.builditsolar.com/index.htm
=General Overview=
*[https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/solar/solar-thermal-power-plants.php An [[EIA]] Page Titled "Solar explained - Solar thermal power plants" ]
=Water Use=
*[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ente.202001135 A 2021 Paper Titled "Site Assessment for Wet and Dry Concentrated Solar Power Plant Integration Using an Analytical Hierarchy Process–Geographic Information System Approach: A Case Study in the Marrakesh-Safi Region" ]
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X14001273 A 2014 Study Titled "Dry cooling of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, an economic competitive option for the desert regions of the MENA region" ]
*[https://grist.org/solar-power/2011-08-04-when-picking-solar-power-options-its-the-water-stupid/ An Article by Grist Titled "Concentrated solar power plants are all wet
Concentrating solar has promised big additions to renewable energy production with the additional benefit of energy storage -- but there's a catch." ]
**This was the reason for me digging up all these links, i saw it in a discussion i had on PV vs Solar Thermal


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Latest revision as of 20:09, 10 May 2022

Elianto in Italy and Ausra in Australia are using a very smart-looking design that is basically a parabolic trough with fresnel effect, but the receiver is kept stationary like a tower. Only 1 axis needs to be turned to control all mirrors and they can be geared together so that only 1 motor is required. Allows mirrors to stay close to ground. Serious drawback: long focal length requires very accurate parabolic mirrors. At 0:40, Elianto shows a detail of the receiver.

Saracon Parabolic Trough: low-temp steam for cooking for 15 to 30 people.

PRACTICA Foundation "Smart Tech Against Poverty" has a parabolic dish and parabolic trough design for producing steam to drive micro steam engines for pumping water:

Alterner Solar with a large steam solar collector:

Dr Reddy at IIT Madras with 2 Solar steam designs and has worked on optimizing the receivers:

Concentrated Solar Power Open Source Initiative (CSPOSI):

The solar cooking wikia:

DIY solar Site:

General Overview

  • An EIA Page Titled "Solar explained - Solar thermal power plants"

Water Use

Concentrating solar has promised big additions to renewable energy production with the additional benefit of energy storage -- but there's a catch." ]

    • This was the reason for me digging up all these links, i saw it in a discussion i had on PV vs Solar Thermal