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US 8,517,008 B2Granted
Modular solar receiver panels and solar boilers with modular receiver panels
AssigneeBabcock Power Services, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Plotkin, Robert Rancatore, Kevin Toupin, Russell Ricci
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Abstract
A modular panel for a solar boiler includes an inlet header, an outlet header, and a plurality of tubes fluidly connecting the inlet header to the outlet header. The tubes are substantially coplanar with one another forming a solar receiver surface and an opposed internal surface. The panel is modular in terms of height, width, number of tubes, and size of tubes, for improved handling of high heat flux and resultant thermally induced stresses.
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A solar boiler comprising:
- a) a steam generator including a plurality of steam generator panels in fluid communication with a boiler fluid circuit;
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- b) a superheater including a plurality of superheater panels in fluid communication with the fluid circuit;
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- c) a reheater including a plurality of reheater panels in fluid communication with the fluid circuit, wherein each of the steam generator, reheater, and superheater panels is a separate modular panel including:
- i) an inlet header;
- ii) an outlet header;
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- iii) a plurality of tubes fluidly connecting the inlet header to the outlet header, wherein the tubes are substantially coplanar with one another forming a solar receiver surface and an opposed internal surface, and wherein the tubes of the superheater panels have a smaller diameter than the tubes of the steam generator panels, and wherein the tubes of the reheater panels have a larger diameter than the tubes of the steam generator panels.
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