Solar-gas combined cycle electrical generating system

摘要

A design of a power plant which uses hydrocarbon fuels in conjunction with solar power to produce electricity. The power plant consists of an array of heliostats for concentrating sunlight on a central solar receiver. The heat energy thus gathered is used to create steam which runs a steam turbine. Steam to run the steam turbine can alternately or modularly be obtained from the exhaust gas of a turbo-burner and fuel added to a furnace. The solar energy gathered may be stored as hot fluid in a thermal storage tank or used immediately in the power plant. A thermal shield may be employed over the solar central receiver to insulate the solar central receiver, provide leak and fire protection and shield the solar central receiver from solar radiation.