Alexopoulos, Spiros; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 7, pp. 1352-1356
Since the 80s power production with solar thermal power plants has been a way to substitute fossil fuels. By concentrating direct solar radiation from heliostats very high temperatures of a thermal fluid can be reached. The resulting heat is converted to mechanical energy in a steam cycle which...