Designing an autonomous power system for a stand-alone heliostat

Armin Buchroithner; Gani Ganapathi; Sai Nataraj; Andrew Kindler

doi:10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060

Designing an autonomous power system for a stand-alone heliostat

Armin Buchroithner, Gani Ganapathi, Sai Nataraj, Andrew Kindler

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) offers a number of advantages over photovoltaic at large scale power generation, such as lower cost and the option of thermal energy storage. However, the costs of a power tower plant are dominated by heliostats, which are usually 50% of the entire facility. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was awarded funding by the DOE SunShot Initiative to develop a low-cost, rigid foam-based solar concentrator to meet installed cost goals of $75/m2 versus current costs of $200-250/m2. One of the key features of the newly developed design is the stand-alone power system based on PV-panels and a Li-Fe-battery, which reduces operation and installation costs. The approach was validated by building and testing of a small-scale (6m2) heliostat prototype. The design process and findings are described in detail.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference (IGSEC) Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE Power and Energy Society
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-2294-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060
Publication status	Published - Nov 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference - Long Beach, Ca., United States Duration: 5 Nov 2016 → 7 Nov 2016

Conference

Conference	2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference
Abbreviated title	IGESC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Long Beach, Ca.
Period	5/11/16 → 7/11/16

Access to Document

10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060

Cite this

@inproceedings{ade3e1a7013e49bf93f72cceb479d8f0,

title = "Designing an autonomous power system for a stand-alone heliostat",

abstract = "Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) offers a number of advantages over photovoltaic at large scale power generation, such as lower cost and the option of thermal energy storage. However, the costs of a power tower plant are dominated by heliostats, which are usually 50% of the entire facility. NASA{\textquoteright}s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was awarded funding by the DOE SunShot Initiative to develop a low-cost, rigid foam-based solar concentrator to meet installed cost goals of $75/m2 versus current costs of $200-250/m2. One of the key features of the newly developed design is the stand-alone power system based on PV-panels and a Li-Fe-battery, which reduces operation and installation costs. The approach was validated by building and testing of a small-scale (6m2) heliostat prototype. The design process and findings are described in detail.",

author = "Armin Buchroithner and Gani Ganapathi and Sai Nataraj and Andrew Kindler",

year = "2016",

month = nov,

doi = "10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060",

language = "English",

booktitle = "2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference (IGSEC) Proceedings",

publisher = "IEEE Power and Energy Society",

address = "United States",

note = "2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference, IGESC ; Conference date: 05-11-2016 Through 07-11-2016",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Designing an autonomous power system for a stand-alone heliostat

AU - Buchroithner, Armin

AU - Ganapathi, Gani

AU - Nataraj, Sai

AU - Kindler, Andrew

PY - 2016/11

Y1 - 2016/11

N2 - Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) offers a number of advantages over photovoltaic at large scale power generation, such as lower cost and the option of thermal energy storage. However, the costs of a power tower plant are dominated by heliostats, which are usually 50% of the entire facility. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was awarded funding by the DOE SunShot Initiative to develop a low-cost, rigid foam-based solar concentrator to meet installed cost goals of $75/m2 versus current costs of $200-250/m2. One of the key features of the newly developed design is the stand-alone power system based on PV-panels and a Li-Fe-battery, which reduces operation and installation costs. The approach was validated by building and testing of a small-scale (6m2) heliostat prototype. The design process and findings are described in detail.

AB - Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) offers a number of advantages over photovoltaic at large scale power generation, such as lower cost and the option of thermal energy storage. However, the costs of a power tower plant are dominated by heliostats, which are usually 50% of the entire facility. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was awarded funding by the DOE SunShot Initiative to develop a low-cost, rigid foam-based solar concentrator to meet installed cost goals of $75/m2 versus current costs of $200-250/m2. One of the key features of the newly developed design is the stand-alone power system based on PV-panels and a Li-Fe-battery, which reduces operation and installation costs. The approach was validated by building and testing of a small-scale (6m2) heliostat prototype. The design process and findings are described in detail.

U2 - 10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060

DO - 10.1109/IGESC.2016.7790060

M3 - Conference paper

BT - 2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference (IGSEC) Proceedings

PB - IEEE Power and Energy Society

T2 - 2016 IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference

Y2 - 5 November 2016 through 7 November 2016

ER -