Fresnel Solar Collector

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• General

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  In this HyCool course module about Fresnel Solar Collectors, we present you this innovative Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology via a collection of links to external sources (web pages, online videos, etc.) and give you detailed information on the Fresnel Collectors that have been installed at the two industrial solar heating and cooling demo system sites at the companies Bo De Debò and Givaudan near Barcelona in Spain in 2020/2021.

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    Fact sheet - Fresnel Solar Collector Datei

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    In this fact sheet you find detailed information concerning the Fresnel Solar Collectors used in HyCool.  

• Fresnel Solar Collector Technology

  
  

  In this section of the HyCool course module Fresnel Solar Collector you find a collection of links to relevant websites and online videos explaining the technology of Fresnel Solar Collectors.  

  
  

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    This Wikipedia article gives a good overview of the Fresnel Solar Collector Technology:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_linear_Fresnel_reflector
    

    
    

    This web article on the website of Industrial Solar, a manufacturer of Fresnel Solar Collectors for industrial heat generation explains major aspects of this technology:

    https://www.industrial-solar.de/technologies/fresnel-collector/
    

    This video of a video tutorial series by DLR (German Aerospace Center) explains common Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technologies in general. The Fresnel Solar Collector Technology is explained from minute 44 on:
    

    
    

    If you are interested in learning more about Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technology, here you find the whole DLR video tutorial series:
    

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmAcQx2REMt7IV9bCa0ldd08J46OsB-n
    

    
    

    
    

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    This video presents a system for solar steam production with Fresnel collector technology developed by the company Ecotherm:

    More details concerning this application can be found in this Presentation (PDF).

    In addition, there is also a virtual reality experience which allows you to explore the technology interactively:

    https://vr.ecotherm.com/VR-experience
    

    
    

    
    

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    This animated video by CNIM shows the production process of Compact Linear Fresnel Reflectors and the on-site assembly of a CSP plant using this technology.  
    

    
    

    
    

    This animated video presents Industrial Solar's Fresnel Solar Collector with vacuum tube absorber:

    
    

    This short documentary presents a Fresnel Solar Collector Installation in South Africa. The heat is used for solar cooling of a data center.  

    
    

     

    Web article regarding the above-mentioned Fresnel Solar Collector Installation in South Africa

    https://www.blackdotenergy.co.za/fresnel-solar-cooling-system 

    
    

    
    

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    Installations with Fresnel Solar Collector Technology - collection of links

    
    

    
    

    The world's largest CSP plant with Fresnel Solar Collectors

    • 100 MW concentrated solar power plant in Rajasthan (IN)

    
    
    

    Some selected further Fresnel Solar Collector Projects

    
    

    • Puerto Errado 2 Thermosolar Plant (ES)

    • eLLO Solar Power Plant (FR)

    • Demonstrator in La Seyne sur Mer (FR)

    
    
    

    List of Fresnel Solar Collector Projects

    
    

    • Linear Fresnel Reflector Projects with links to short project descriptions (by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL)

    
    
    
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    Links to manufacturers of Fresnel Solar Collectors (not fully inclusive/indicative only)

    
    

    • https://www.ecotherm.com/en/Home
    • https://www.industrial-solar.de/
      
    • https://www.suncnim.com/en
      
    • https://www.soltigua.com/
      

    
    

• Solar collector system at Bo De Debo
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    This video shows drone footage of the collector field at the Demo Site Bo De Debo. 
    

    
    

    
    

• Solar collector system at Givaudan
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    Givaudan is the pilot site for the chemical industry case in HyCool. The thermal demand for the installation is around 125.5 kW. The picture below shows a schematic view of the Fresnel Solar Collector field including some key values.  

    

    
    

    This video shows drone footage of the collector field at the Demo Site Givaudan. 

    
    

    
    

• Assessment
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    Fresnel Solar Collector - Quiz Test

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    Welcome to our quiz about CSP collectors with focus on Fresnel Solar Collector Technology. This quiz requires a subscription (free user account) to the e-Learning platform www.waermepumpe-weiterbildung.at and full access to this course. 

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    Instructions:

    • Most questions are single-choice, but one question is multiple-choice. 
    • There are four to five possible answers per question. 
    • With the single-choice questions, only one answer is correct.
    • The multiple-choice question counts with more than one correct answer - obviously ;-) 
    • No points are deducted for incorrectly answered questions.  
      
    • All questions are evenly scored with one point per correctly answered question.
    • You can get immediate feedback on whether your anser is correct or not by clicking on the "Check" button.
      
    • To proceed from one question to the next, click on the "Next page" button.  
    • The time is limited to ten minutes, after which time the quiz is closed and scored automatically.
    • After finishing, click on the "Finish attempt ..."-button and then on the "Submit all and finish" button. 
    • Then, you get a review of all questions including the right answers as well as your Grade and Feedback. 
    • Don't worry, if your Grade is not the best. You can try the quiz as often as you want and improve from try to try. 

    Tip: If you have problems with one question, answer the other questions first. If you still have time at the end, you can return to the unclear questions via the Quiz navigation box on the right side.