Solar Thermal Central Receiver Systems

1. Introduction.- Solar Thermal Power Plants - Where are we coming from, where are we bound to?.- 2. Results of CRS-Plants.- The Central Receiver System (CRS) of the SSPS - Project: Subsystem and System Performances.- Results of CESA - 1 Plant.- Concept and Operating Experiences with EURELIOS - The 1 MW Helioelectric Power Plant of the European Communities.- Results and Evaluation of the 1 MW Solar Thermal Electric Power Plant at Nio.- Themis Evaluation Report.- Three Years of Test and Operation at Solar One.- 3. New Projects.- Commercialization of Solar Central Receiver Technology.- Solar Central Receiver Technology Advancement for Electric Utility Applications.- Themis 20 - 60 MW Projects.- GAST - Status of Work: Tests in Almeria, System Analysis- and Future Prospects.- Central Receiver Facility at The Weizmann Institute of Science.- Electric Power Generation Study for the Dominian Republic.- Preparations for an International 30 MW(el) CRS - Power Plant Study.- 4. Technologies.- 4.1 Concentrating Systems.- Heliostat Selection Code to Obtain Certain Peak Power Level (An Artificial Intelligence Approach).- Analysis of GAST Heliostat Image Measurements in Almeria.- 4.2 Receivers.- IEA/SSPS Sodium Cavity and External Receiver Performance Comparison.- Non-Steady Thermodynamic Behavior of Sodium Cooled Receivers - Results of Calculations and Measurements.- Evaluation of Advanced Sodium Receiver Losses.- Themis Receiver: Thermal Losses and Performance.- The Solar Thermal Test Facility.- 4.3 Systems - Measurements and Evaluation Techniques.- Analysis of the Main Foreseeable Operation Transients of a Gas-Cooled Solar Power Plant in a Previous Design Stage of the Project.- Examination of the Heliostat Field and Advanced Sodium Receiver (ASR) of the IEA-SSPSCentral Receiver System.- Examination of the Heliostat Field and Molten Salt Primary Loop.- The Up-Keeping of Themis Primary and Secondary Loop: Power Consumption and Procedures Optimization.- 5. Workshop on "Plants".-

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Becker, seit 1993 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Organisation und Personalwirtschaft an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, von 1990 bis 1993 Universitätsprofessor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Gerhard-Merkator-Universität Duisburg; von 1980 bis 1990 in leitenden Funktionen der Personalwirtschaft eines internationalen Industrieunternehmens tätig; Promotion 1979, Habilitation 1987 an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.