# US 2014/0150428 A1 · High-power tower receiver configuration

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- Number: US 2014/0150428 A1
- Document ID: US20140150428A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/880,011
- Filed: 2011-10-19
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2010-10-20
- Inventors: Jose Maria Mendez Marcos; Raul Navio Gilaberte
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150428A1

## CPC

- F03G 6/114: {Molten salts}
- F03G 6/063: {Tower concentrators}
- F03G 6/121: {Controlling or monitoring}
- F24S 20/20: Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants
- Y02E 10/40: Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
- Y02E 10/46: Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines
- F03G: SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L8/00)
- F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A receiver with a configuration of saturated and superheated steam solar modules in a tower solar concentration power plant. The configuration allows the incidence of radiation on both sides of the superheated steam module, providing significant benefits for its durability and global control of the power plant.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-14. (canceled)

### Claim 15

A high-power tower receiver configuration, used in tower solar plants that have heliostat fields located around said tower receiver, which configuration comprises one or more areas, each area constituted at least by one central module and at least one peripheral module, each module having at least one panel exposed to the incidence of radiation reflected by at least one of the heliostats, the central module panels being only saturated steam panels, and the peripheral module panels being only superheated steam panels with a front side and a back side, each peripheral module being arranged at a certain angle with respect to an adjacent central module, such that, within a given area, each peripheral module receives radiation from the heliostats on both the front and back sides.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein the central modules and the peripheral modules are mutually independent.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein each peripheral module is located at a border between two adjacent areas.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein the tower receiver includes a plurality of areas and each central module is oriented perpendicularly with respect to a corresponding central module in an adjacent area.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein at least one of the central and peripheral modules comprise a plurality of panels.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein the panels each comprise horizontal or vertical pipes.

### Claim 21 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, the tower receiver being placed within fields of heliostats wherein the heliostats direct solar radiation to a central module or to a peripheral module as required.

### Claim 22 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein the configuration comprises four areas, each area including three modules.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 22, wherein each area includes one central module for the generation of saturated steam and two peripheral modules for the generation of superheated steam.

### Claim 24 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, wherein each peripheral module is shared between two adjacent areas.

### Claim 25 (depends on 15)

The high-power tower receiver configuration in accordance with claim 15, including a container located between the central module and the peripheral module which is configured to separate liquid-phase water from water steam entering the peripheral module.