Solar tower
Solar tower
The Institute of Solar Research is currently working on the development of concentrated solar systems for the generation of energy, heat and fuels. This contributes to a future sustainable energy supply based on renewable energies. In solat tower power plants, such as the one in Jülich, moveable mirrors (heliostats) follow the path of the Sun and concentrate the solar radiation on a receiver located on the solar tower. The receiver is made of porous ceramic elements through which incoming ambient air flows. In passing through the receiver, the air is heated and this heat is delivered to the water-steam cycle in a heat recovery boiler. The steam generated there drives a turbine, which produces power via a generator.
