Concentrated Solar Systems Sponsored by Division of Energy Kourosh Sedghi-sigarchi Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering WVUTech Montgomery, WV

Concentrated Solar Power Concentrating solar power technologies convert solar energy into electricity by using reflective surfaces such as mirrors to focus concentrated sunlight onto a receiver. The technologies concentrate sunlight from 80 to 3,000 times normal, producing high temperatures at the receiver. The receiver then transfers the heat to a device that converts the heat into electricity

Solar Panel Energy Former University of NSW researcher David Mills, now working in Silicon Valley will release a paper shortly showing that 90 percent of the entire United States Energy needs can be delivered by concentrating solar thermal power. ( Facts: Highly visible green building element Can be sited anywhere there is sun Rooftops Once purchased the power is free

Solar Power 2006 Conference 1,500 attendees ,000 in 2006 Silicon valley is shifting focus from silica chip to the silica solar cell From movement to market” “Cultural momentum is behind solar… there is no stopping it” “Solar is in the 1990’s of the dot.com era” Aerial view of the five 30MW parabolic trough plants at Kramer Junction in the Mojave desert of California Ref:

Solar Energy Project Feasibility Study Resource and Site Assessment Technology Assessment Environmental Assessment Land Interconnetion Economic Assessment Financing Construction, Operations and Maintanenance

Student Projects Graduate/Undergraduate Research Senior design projects Undergraduate summer research Renewable Energy Course Projects

Student Projects Student Projects Economic Studies Technology Development 1.Control 2.Grid-connection 3.Protection 4.Installation 5.Operation 6.Optimal siting 1.Costs (Capital, maintenance,…) 2.Incentives 3.Tax 4.Efficiency

ELCE 409 Special Topics RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES Spring 2007 Instructor: Kourosh Sedghisigarchi, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering WVUTech 405 Fayette Pike Montgomery, WV Tel: Fax:

Renewable Energy Lab Education  Senior Design projects  Graduate level thesis  Courses Research (Center of Excellence for Energy)  Publications  Collaboration with industry Lab will have stations which each consists of:  Wind Turbine (400 Watts)  PEM Fuel Cell (1.2 kW)  Solar Panels (4 panels- 130 W each)  Storage (Battery)  Monitoring, Control and Analysis Data Acquisition System (PCI cards)  Simulink, Stateflow & SimpowerSystems Toolbox