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1 Concentración Solar para Producción Térmica y Eléctrica Desarrollos y Avances Tecnológicos Eckhard Lüpfert, Dr.-Ing. DLR German Aerospace Center Seminario CORFO, GIZ Santiago, Chile 7 Sept 2016

2 DLR.de/SF > Chart 2 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Concentrating Solar Power Plant (CSP) Solar Thermal Power Plant Solar Heat into Conventional Power Cycle

3 DLR.de/SF > Chart 3 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Concentrating Solar Power Technology Variants Parabolic Trough Linear Fresnel Solar Tower Dish-Stirling Dish-Stirling Solar Tower

4 DLR.de/SF > Chart 4 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Concentrating Solar Power with Parabolic Troughs and Linear Fresnel Fields in Solar Thermal Power Plants Solar heat for Rankine cycles saturated / overheated steam solar only and hybrid Solar-to-electric peak efficiency up to around 30% also process heat applications performance modeling is state of the art

5 DLR.de/SF > Chart 5 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Parabolic Trough Plant Scheme Solar Field parabolic trough collector field m 2 Heat Transfer & Buffer 2-10 hours capacity Power Block steam cycle turbine, condenser MW

6 DLR.de/SF > Chart 6 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 CSP with storage energy shift from day to night

7 DLR.de/SF > Chart 7 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Andasol 1, 2, 3 Parabolic Trough Plants Guadix, Spain 3x 50 MW, 3700 full-load hours Solar Field Powerblock, Storage, Transmission

8 DLR.de/SF > Chart 8 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Current developments in CSP parabolic trough commercial plant size MW 30% larger aperture size of trough collectors, bigger receiver tubes molten salt as heat transfer medium for troughs and linear Fresnel higher temperature (550 C) double storage capacity 5% better power block efficiency direct steam generation at commercial scale, but without storage new silicone fluid as heat transfer medium process heat applications in food and mining industry solar tower commercial plant size MW molten salt as heat transfer medium, also in combination with steam pressurized air or atmospheric air as heat transfer medium long term: solar fuels and hydrogen

9 DLR.de/SF > Chart 9 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Technology Trends: Direct Steam Generation in Solar Field 5 MW Reference Power Plant in Kanchanamburi (Thailand) (Superheated steam 330ºC) 30 MW Linear Fresnel System in Murcia (Spain) (saturated steam 270ºC)

10 DLR.de/SF > Chart 10 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Technology Trends: Molten Salt in Parabolic Troughs Silicone Fluid in Parabolic Troughs 5 MW Demo Unit in Sicily, Italy integrated into a combined cycle power plant 500ºC superheated steam integrated storage

11 DLR.de/SF > Chart 11 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Tower Sanlucar PS MW Abengoa Khi Southafrica 50 MW Atacama-1, Noor-3, Redstone

12 DLR.de/SF > Chart 12 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Tower, molten salt Gemasolar 20 MW Spain, 150 MW Morocco Hot Salt Storage Tank 565 o C Cold Salt Storage Tank 290 o C Steam Generator Conventional EPGS

13 DLR.de/SF > Chart 13 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Tonopah, Crescent Dunes, USA: 110 MW Solar Tower, molten salt

14 DLR.de/SF > Chart 14 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Tower Steam, Molten Salt Ivanpah-CA 3x123 MW Brightsource Tonopah-NV 110 MW SolarReserve Lancaster-CA 5 MW esolar

15 DLR.de/SF > Chart 15 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Tower Jülich Solair/HitRec Air as Heat Transfer Fluid 1.5 MW DLR / KA München Receiver Hot Air 730º Steam Generator Heliostats Storage Cold Air 110º Super heated Steam ~

16 DLR.de/SF > Chart 16 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Dish-Stirling Systems System size 3-25 kw Very high concentration ratio Power package with Stirling Engine High conversion efficiency Remote operation Backup heating of power package with fuel Series production in preparation EuroDish systems at PSA, Spain 10 kw per unit Cleanergy 10 kw

17 DLR.de/SF > Chart 17 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Application fields for solar thermal process heat, e.g. steam Food and beverage industry: Dairies and bakeries - Drying, cleaning, cooking, deep frying, baking, pasteurization Slaughter houses Rendering process, steam cooking, cooling and refrigeration Wineries, breweries, distilleries Steam juicing, sterilization, distillation Product industry: Mining and oil industry Ore leaching, galvanic processes, oil recovery, cleaning Textile and leather industry - Dying, shaping, ironing, tanning Cement and ceramic industry Drying, burning, calcination Paper industry Bleaching, thermo-mechanical pulping, drying Pharmaceutical and chemical industry - Process specific applications, distillation Plastics and rubber industry - Heating, cooling, vulcanization Hotel and tourism industry - Laundry, heating, cooling, water treatment and desalination

18 DLR.de/SF > Chart 18 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Example solar process heat (

19 DLR.de/SF > Chart 19 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Application examples solar process heat in Chile Process heat supply for mining camp hot water for showers, replace diesel fuel Process heat supply for copper mine hot water for electro-winning, replace diesel fuel Process steam for copper smelter 100% solar during daytime Hot water supply for mining process heap leaching, reduce fuel consumption by 30%

20 Co-firing DLR.de/SF > Chart 20 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 CSP with thermal storage enables a safe and CO2-free electricity supply CSP: flexible, dispatchable, complementary to PV und Wind Solar Field Heat Heat Storage Heat Turbine Electricity CSP + Storage PV Wind

21 DLR.de/SF > Chart 21 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Outlook CSP Market until 2025 Estimated installed CSP capacity until 2025: GW Accumulated, additional CSP investment until 2025: billion US$ Annual CSP O&M market volume in 2025: 1-2 billion US$ /a Additional capacity in the field of industrial process heat

22 DLR.de/SF > Chart 22 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Fuels: Fuels from water, CO 2 and sunlight Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) Water (H 2 O) In 20 years commercial? Synthesis Gas (H 2 + CO) Solar Tower, Jülich artist s view Synthetic Fuels e.g. Fischer-Tropsch-Plant

23 DLR.de/SF > Chart 23 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Solar Irradiation and Project Locations Extraterrestrial irradiance: 1367 W/m² Attenuation due to atmospheric absorption and scattering Irradiance on earth 1000 W/m² Annual Sum of Direct Normal Irradiance

24 DLR.de/SF > Chart 24 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 How DLR Solar Research works with industry: Industry

25 DLR.de/SF > Chart 25 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Cost development PV vs. CSP Energy cost PV Module cost PV Energy cost CSP 2014

26 DLR.de/SF > Chart 26 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Institute of Solar Research Concentrating Solar Systems for Power, Heat and Fuel generation Germany s largest research entity in the field of concentrating solar systems for the generation of heat, electricity and fuel Research Areas: Line Focus Systems Point Focus Systems Qualification Solar Energy Meteorology New Materials Solar Chemical Engineering Services and consulting for industry clients Annual income in 2015: 19,0 Mio Staff: approx. 160 people at the four sites Cologne, Jülich, Stuttgart, Almería (Spain) Spin-off companies: CSP Services GmbH, Sowarla GmbH, Heliokon GmbH

27 DLR.de/SF > Chart 27 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Institute of Solar Research Services Qualification Services For Components and Plants: Determination of quality characteristics and performance parameters Aging Tests Resource Assessment & Forecasting Solar radiation, soiling and aerosol measurements Sensor calibration and characterization Nowcasting of irradiance Solar Water Treatment Technology Consulting Software Tools for CSP Plants Greenius: yield calculation for renewable energies STRAL: calculation of radiation flux density (ray tracing) HFLCAL: heliostat field layout and optimization Technology Assessment/F&E-Support Measuring equipment Test installations Provision of highly concentrated light, UV/IR resources for radiance tests Design reviews Feasibility studies

28 DLR.de/SF > Chart 28 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Highlights DLR developed optical measurement devices, that allow industry to build a much more precise solar collector DLR solves fundamental challenges to use air or steam as heat transfer fluids in solar collectors and receivers DLR's innovative QUARZ Lab becomes Quasi-Standard to asses collector components DLR demonstrates together with industry several new CSP technology systems in the MW-scale and signs license agreements with industrial clients DLR develops and implements together with University partners a CSP capacity building program for the MENA region DLR spun-off 3 companies in this field in the last 10 years from the Institute of Solar Research Heliokon

29 DLR.de/SF > Chart 29 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Summary CSP applications increasing in project size higher fluid temperature in parabolic troughs and towers storage capacity is the among the most relevant advantages of CSP dispatchable power supply, base load, evening peak load market development in South Africa, Middle East, India, China Chile relevant process heat applications in food industry, in mining industry DLR is partner in technical development, in quality control and expertise DLR and German industry partners interested in joining projects in Chile

30 DLR.de/SF > Chart 30 > Chart 30 concentrating solar technology precise, efficient, sustainable

31 DLR.de/SF > Chart 31 > >Institute of Solar Research 2016 > E Luepfert, DLR > Seminario CORFO and GIZ 7 Sept 2016 Useful links CSP Market Contact eckhard.luepfert@dlr.de

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