Siemens Steam Turbines
— Your CSP Partner
As the concentrated solar
power plant market
continues to grow and
evolve, Siemens steam
turbines have been an
important ingredient
in enabling operators
to extend the efective
dispatch capability of the
plant and thus improving
overall plant economics.
Siemens steam turbines have
been applied in over 70 CSP
plants. Siemens capability in
partnering with the developer
in these projects has resulted
in plant cycle parameters that
are optimized for the plant economics. This partnership coupled lead time makes Siemens
the preferred partner to provide
steam turbines for such plants.
In one such installation at
Ivanpah, USA, the Siemens
steam turbine operating in a
solar tower confguration has
been running at steam condi-
tions that result in excellent
cycle effciency and, thus, in a
far better and continuous dis-
patch regime for the operator
thereby reducing frequent
start-stop operations. This
results in higher revenue to the
operator.
At Ashalim in Israel, a Siemens steam turbine has been
operating in a parabolic trough
plant confguration and generates 110 MWe for an additional 4.5 hours per day due to the
effective combination of the
steam turbine with a salt reservoir system.
It is also possible to develop
a hybrid confguration (ISCC)
that combines steam generated
in a solar thermal plant together with a combined cycle plant.
Such plants have been confg-
ured in North Africa and the
USA. In one such instance, a
Siemens turbine (70 MW) is
currently operating in Egypt.
In addition, Siemens can
also be a partner in optimizing
the cycle design with respect
to startup times and output
based on the fnancial boundary conditions that exist locally. The modular construction of
a steam turbine also minimizes construction efforts at site to
meet customer expectations for
overall construction and commissioning schedule.
MORE INFORMATION
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