1. GEEN
4830.
SOLAR
THERMAL
POWER
Term
B
July
5-­‐Aug.
5,
2011
Course
Outline
Date
Topic
Assignments
/
Tests
07/05/11-­‐ Course
Introduction-­‐
Week
#
1
Key
Concepts:
energy,
renewable
energy,
climate
change,
resource
depletion,
solar
energy
conversion
Solar
Radiation
#1.
The
Sun.
Sun-­‐Earth
geometry.
Measurement
of
solar
radiation.
07/06/11-­‐ Solar
Radiation
#2.
Solar
radiation
models.
Evaluation
Week
#
1
and
estimation
of
the
solar
resource
07/07/11-­‐ Brief
Review
of
Basic
Thermodynamic
and
heat
Week
#
1
Transfer
Topics-­‐
High
Temperature
Solar
Thermal
Systems
#1
Thermal
conversion
of
solar
radiation.
The
concentration
of
solar
radiation.
Overview
of
solar
concentrating
technologies.
Solar
Thermal
Power
Plants
07/12/11-­‐ Parabolic
Troughs
#1.
Technology
Description.
Weekly
Test
#1
Week
#
2
Economics
07/13/11-­‐ Parabolic
Troughs
#2.
Introduction
to
the
design
and
Week
#
2
analysis
of
PT
power
plants
07/14/11-­‐ Linear
Fresnel
Reflectors.
Technology
description.
Week
#
2
Economics
07/19/11-­‐ Central
Receiver
Systems
#1.
Technology
description.
Weekly
Test
#2
Week
#3
Economics.
07/20/11-­‐ Central
Receiver
Systems
#2.
Introduction
to
the
Week
#3
design
and
analysis
of
CRS
power
plants
07/21/11-­‐ Parabolic
Dish
-­‐
Stirling
Systems.
Technology
Week
#3
Description.
Economics.
07/26/11-­‐ Integration
of
Solar
Thermal
Power.
Dispatchability.
Week
#4
Thermal
Storage.
Hybridization
07/27/11-­‐ Simulation
tools
I
Week
#4
07/28/11-­‐ Simulation
tools
II
Weekly
Test
#3
Week
#4
08/02/11-­‐ Final
Exam
Final
Exam
Week#5
08/03/11-­‐ Project
presentations
I
week
#
5
08/04/11-­‐ Project
presentations
II-­‐
Written
report
due
Week#5
(Electronic)