<br />1 General<br />1.1General principles of STE plant design<br />1.2 A STE plant<br />1.3 Pressure parameters of power generators<br />1.4 Heat transfer fluid used in solar receiver<br />1.5 Capacity plan and number of generators<br />1.6 Environmental impact control<br />1.7 Seismic and wind resistance Design of heat collection system<br />1.8 Design principles of a concentrator field<br /><br />2 Outline<br />2.1 Basic concepts of a STE plant<br />2.1.1 Basic concepts of STE technology<br />2.1.2 Characteristics of STE technology<br />2.1.3 Comparison of STE and solar photovoltaic power generation<br />2.2 Main technological forms<br />2.2.1 Power tower system<br />2.2.2 Parabolic trough concentration solar thermal power<br />2.2.3 Dish/Stirling engine system<br />2.2.4 Linear Fresnel reflector system<br />2.3 Basic terminology<br />2.3.1 Optics<br />2.3.2 Thermodynamics<br />2.3.3 System<br /><br />3 Solar resource and meteorological parameters<br />3.1 Nature of solar energy resources<br />3.1.1 Advantages of solar resource utilization<br />3.1.2 Disadvantages of solar resource utilization<br />3.2 Solar constant and the radiation spectrum<br />3.2.1 Expression of solar irradiance<br />3.2.2 Solar radiation spectrum<br />3.3 The impact of the atmosphere on solar radiation<br />3.3.1 Solar elevation angle<br />3.3.2 Air mass<br />3.3.3 Atmospheric transparency<br />3.3.4 Geographic latitude<br />3.3.5 Sunshine hours<br />3.3.6 Altitude<br />3.4 Calculation method of solar position<br />3.4.1 Sun Angle<br />3.4.2 Angle calculation of the tracking surface<br />3.5 Solar resource distribution of several typical areas in China<br />3.5.1 Solar resource in Beijing area<br />3.5.2 Solar resource in Lhasa area<br />3.5.3 Solar resource in Golmud area<br />3.5.4 Solar resource in Dunhuang area<br />3.5.5 Solar resource in Turpan region<br />3.5.6 Solar Resources in Guizhou Province<br />3.5.7 Solar Resources in Hainan island<br />3.5.8 Solar Resources in Harbin<br />3.6 Solar irradiance forecasting method<br />3.6.1 Estimation method of Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)<br />3.6.2 Impacts of Changes in weather conditions on Direct Normal Irradiance<br />3.7 Direct Normal Irradiance distribution in China<br />3.7.1 Yearly mean daily Direct Normal Irradiance distribution<br />3.7.2 Factors Affecting DNI Spatial and temporal distribution<br />3.7.3 The basic characteristics of China's solar energy resources<br />3.7.4 China's solar energy resources zoning<br />3.7.5 Measurement of solar Direct Normal Irradiance<br />3.8 Special meteorological data required for site selection<br />3.8.1 Ambient temperature<br />3.8.2 Wind velocity<br />3.8.3 Precipitation<br />3.8.4 Severe Weather<br />3.9 Measurement instruments<br />3.9.1 Pyranometer<br />3.9.2 Pyrheliometer<br />3.9.3 Atmospheric transmittance meter<br /><br />4 Overall design of a STE plant<br />4.1 Design point<br />4.1.1 Significance of the design point<br />4.1.2 Calculation example using the design point<br />4.2 Heliostat field efficiency analysis<br />4.2.1 Transient optical efficiency of a heliostat field<br />4.2.2 Concentrating power at the aperture of a receiver<br />4.2.3 Spot size on the aperture<br />4.2.4 Value of specular reflectance<br />4.2.5 Analysis of atmospheric transmittance<br />4.2.6 Heat gain calculation of some cavity receiver<br />4.3 Thermal performance of parabolic trough solar collectors<br />4.3.1 Heat loss coefficient of parabolic trough receiver<br />4.3.2 Status quo of thermal performance measurement of parabolic trough solar collectors<br />4.3.3 Thermal performance testing methods of parabolic trough solar collectors<br />4.5 Basic data needed for STE plant design<br />4.6 Main parameters and principles<br />4.7 Overall parameters description<br />4.8 Calculation of annual electricity generation<br />4.8.1 Calculation using the design point method<br />4.8.2 An example of annual generation calculation<br />4.8.3 Plant capacity optimization<br />4.8.4 Generation calculation method based on hourly simulation<br />4.8.5 Impact of geographical location on the efficiency calculation of parabolic trough solar collector with DNI used as the solar irradiance source<br />4.9 Thermal energy storage capacity<br />4.9.1 Principles of thermal storage volume identification<br />4.9.2 Principles of thermal storage power identification<br />4.10