Diseño de una guía metodológica para implementación de centrales termo solares con fines de generación eléctrica en el Ecuador
Nowadays, production of electricity through renewable energy is becoming a viable alternative for power generation; the alternative proposed in this project is the generation of electricity through thermal solar technology. This technology has been proven in countries like: Spain, USA and Chile,...
| Autor Principal: | Esquivel Baduy, José David |
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| Otros Autores: | Tixe Enríquez, José Carlos |
| Formato: | bachelorThesis |
| Idioma: | spa |
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2014
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http://dspace.ups.edu.ec/handle/123456789/6346 |
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Nowadays, production of electricity through renewable energy is becoming a
viable alternative for power generation; the alternative proposed in this project
is the generation of electricity through thermal solar technology. This
technology has been proven in countries like: Spain, USA and Chile, in the latter
the world’s largest thermo solar central facility is being built, capable of
generating 360 megawatts. What makes this technology so desirable is that its
greatest resource to generate electricity is the sun, a renewable resource which is
currently of no cost in Ecuador.The chosen thermo solar technology for the
project is cylindrical parabolic concentrators. This type of technology was
chosen because of its large number of facilities all around the world that use it,
what means that these days it’s an mature and reliable technology, besides, it’s
the most versatile technology for implementation. Cylindrical Parabolic
Concentrators (CPC), refer to curved mirrors that concentrate heat along the
tubes containing a fluid that transports the heat to a boiler where there is heat
exchange to create steam and to subsequently get a turbine work. Thanks to the
Ecuador Electric Generation Purposes Solar Atlas we were able to determine
that there exists two viable places, because of it solar radiation, that allow the
installation of a thermo solar facility, the optimal place for a possible installation
for this facility is the province of Loja, with a rate of 1861.5 kWh/m2/year. This
value is more than enough for a thermo solar facility of 50 MW. The solar
thermal power plants are characterized by high investment cost, it directly
affects their viability, because this is not an attractive prospect for investors.
Although this condition this technology tends, in a future, to reduce installation
costs because these plants are gaining more acceptance in electricity generation
worldwide. With its materials being produced with increasing frequency, the
production cost reduces, and creates more demand for these materials. Besides
that in Ecuador there is a preferential payment to plants using renewable
resources, this seeks to attract investment for such plants in Ecuador.
Term Index.- Central Thermo Solar, Thermo Solar Technolgy, Cylindrical
Parabolic Concentrators (CPC), Electric Generation. |
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