Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Sketch of the direct steam dual-receiver CRS plant

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Schematic diagram of the 69 bar saturated steam solar power plant implemented in Ebsilon® Professional

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Schematic diagram of the superheated steam generation solar power plant implemented in Ebsilon® Professional

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Layout of the reference heliostat field

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Two-zone distribution of the heliostat field assuming that (top) the boiler is above the superheater or (bottom) the superheater above the boiler. (a) and (d), 40 bar/400 °C; (b) and (e), 80 bar/500 °C; (c) and (f), 160 bar/550 °C. Empty squares and filled triangles indicate heliostats directing sunlight to the boiler and superheater, respectively.

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Heliostat field performance depending on the two-zone solar field configuration (see Table 2)

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Solar collector (heliostat field and receiver) overall performance as function of steam conditions

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Flux distribution on (a) the boiler and (b) the superheater in configuration D (boiler flux peak, 650 kW/m2; boiler size, 11 m × 12.1 m; superheater flux peak, 300 kW/m2; and superheater size, 11 m × 7.8 m)

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Rankine cycle efficiency as function of steam temperature and pressure conditions at high-pressure turbine inlet

Date of download: 10/8/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Comparative System Performance Analysis of Direct Steam Generation Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants in Megawatt Range J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;136(1):010908-010908-9. doi:10.1115/1.4026279 Figure Legend: Overall efficiency of 10-MWe steam tower concentrating solar power plants