Solar heat collection system and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10775079-B2
Application number	US-201615770555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2016
Priority date	Nov 4, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

The time for steam generated in a low temperature heating device to reach a saturated steam temperature is reduced a low temperature heating device configured to heat supplied water by using heat of sunlight to generate steam; a steam separation device configured to separate two-phase water-steam fluid generated in the low temperature heating device into water and steam; and a high temperature heating device configured to heat the steam separated in the steam separation device by using heat of sunlight reflected by a plurality of heliostats to generate superheated steam.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solar heat collection system comprising:
a low temperature heating device configured to heat supplied water by using heat of sunlight to generate steam;
a steam separation device configured to separate two-phase water-steam fluid generated in the low temperature heating device into water and steam; and
a high temperature heating device configured to heat the steam separated in the steam separation device by using heat of sunlight reflected by a plurality of heliostats to generate superheated steam, wherein
the low temperature heating device includes:
a first heat collector including a plurality of first heat collecting tubes that are linearly disposed and a plurality of first reflective members that are linearly disposed in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of first heat collecting and configured to reflect the sunlight onto the plurality of first heat collecting tubes, the first heat collector being configured to focus light reflected from the plurality of first reflective members onto the plurality of first heat collecting tubes to heat water flowing in the plurality of first heat collecting tubes; and

a second heat collector including a plurality of second heat collecting tubes that are linearly disposed in a plane, and configured to focus light reflected from at least a part of the plurality of heliostats to heat water flowing in the plurality of second heat collecting tubes,
the first heat collector is disposed downstream in a water flow, the second heat collector is disposed upstream, and the first heat collector and the second heat collector are connected in series with each other, and
the low temperature heating device further includes a flow channel switching mechanism configured to switch a flow channel of water between a first flow channel along which the water flows into the first heat collector through the second heat collector and a second flow channel along which the water bypasses the second heat collector and flows into the first heat collector.

2. The solar heat collection system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a heliostat control device configured to control angles of the plurality of heliostats, wherein
the heliostat control device controls the angle of each of the plurality of heliostats such that the sunlight is reflected onto the high temperature heating device and such that the sunlight is reflected onto the second heat collector for a predetermined period of time.

3. The solar heat collection system according to claim 2 , wherein
the flow channel switching mechanism switches the flow channel to the first flow channel for the predetermined period of time, and switches the flow channel from the first flow channel to the second flow channel after the predetermined period of time elapses.

4. The solar heat collection system according to claim 3 , wherein
the predetermined period of time is a period of time until the water supplied to the low temperature heating device reaches a saturated steam temperature.

5. An operation method of a solar heat collection system, the solar heat collection system including a low temperature heating device configured to heat supplied water by using heat of sunlight to generate steam, a steam separation device configured to separate two-phase water-steam fluid generated in the low temperature heating device into water and steam, and a high temperature heating device configured to heat the steam separated in the steam separation device by using heat of sunlight reflected by a plurality of heliostats to generate superheated steam, the low temperature heating device including a first heat collector disposed downstream in a water flow and a second heat collector disposed upstream and being connected with the first heat collector in series with each other,
the first heat collector including a plurality of first heat collectin tubes that are linearly disposed and a plurality of first reflective members that are linearly disposed in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of first heat collecting tubes and configured to reflect the sunlight onto the plurality of first heat collecting tubes, the first heat collector being configured to focus light reflected from the plurality of first reflective members onto the plurality of first heat collecting tubes to heat water flowing in the plurality of first heat collecting tubes; and
a second heat collector including a plurality of second heat collecting tubes that are linearly disposed in a plane, and configured to focus light reflected from at least a part of the plurality of heliostats to heat water flowing in the plurality of second heat collecting tubes,
the operation method comprising:
flowing water into the first heat collector through the second heat collector;
reflecting sunlight onto the second heat collector by using at least a part of the plurality of heliostats for a predetermined period of time; and
causing water to bypass the second heat collector and to flow into the first heat collector after the predetermined period of time elapses.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys

Inventors

• SHINOZAKI Kohei
• Marumoto Takahiro
• Koyama Kazuhito

Classifications

• F22G1/06

  with heat supply predominantly by radiation · CPC title

• Y02E10/47

  Mountings or tracking · CPC title

• F24S20/20

  Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants · CPC title

• F22B1/006 Primary

  using solar heat · CPC title

• Y02E10/40

  Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers · CPC title