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Electronic Resource
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1984
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Library's review
ABSTRACT:
A 100 KW solar thermal-electric power station has been operating in Sulaibyah, Kuwait since June 1981. The station consists of 56 point focusing parabolic dishes, a thermal storage tank and an organic Rankine Cycle using Toluene as working medium and provides both electric and thermal
A 100 KW solar thermal-electric power station has been operating in Sulaibyah, Kuwait since June 1981. The station consists of 56 point focusing parabolic dishes, a thermal storage tank and an organic Rankine Cycle using Toluene as working medium and provides both electric and thermal
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energy for agricultural applications including greenhouses, desalination facilities, irrigation systems and brackish water pumps. No electric grid is available so that the station has to work as a stand-alone plant. Operation has measured the plant subsystem performance, evaluated the operating and maintenance requirements and tested the equipment reliability. Show Less