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Different CSP generation technologies can be distinguished depending on the type of collector’s optics and solar receiver. In particular, they differ according to the geometrical shape and spatial placement of the mirrors, which determine the degree of concentration of DNI in the solar collector.
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The manufacturing cost of a single parabolic mirror with several meters width would be prohibitive, and its installation would be challenging.
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This is a toxic mix of two hydrocarbons, the biphenyl, and the diphenyl oxide. It is also flammable, with self-ignition above 600 °C (see http://www.therminol.com). At the end of the last decade, its price was slightly above €10/kg.
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In case of dry cooling, the water consumption rate is around 0.25 m3/MWh.
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Lovegrove et al. [15] mentioned a dish made up of 380 mirror panels which, once they were appropriately nested, they made up a paraboloidal dish of 25 m diameter and 500 m2 collector surface.
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The absence of wind is also required.
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A micron (1 μm) is equivalent to a thousandth of a millimeter and comprises 1000 nm. For example, algae usually have a size between 5 and 100 μm, bacteria are between 0.4 and 30 μm, viruses are between 0.01 and 0.1 μm, and dissolved salts (Ca, Na, Mg) are between 0.0001 and 0.001 μm.
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Mir-Artigues, P., del Río, P., Caldés, N. (2019). Concentrating Solar Power Technologies: Solar Field Types and Additional Systems. In: The Economics and Policy of Concentrating Solar Power Generation. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11938-6_2
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