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During 2006
the EuroDish generator at CESI RICERCA in Milan served basically as demo
plant. Students, individuals and representatives of potential Italian
developers have visited the facility. Conversion of the Stirling unit
to a hydrogen working fluid has been proposed for 2007. In the meantime,
other projects on CSP proposed by other research entities in Italy have
been accepted by the Research Ministry and are now expected to receive
funding. CRS4 in Cagliari and Lecce University will run new experiments
in the field of parabolic trough transfer fluids. Work should be
performed in two new experimental areas in the next 3 years, with a
total funding of 25 – 30 M€. Activities will be focused on new fluids
able to reach performance competitive with synthetic oil and molten
salt.
ENEA
parabolic trough activities using molten salt as the transfer fluid
continued. A new heat collector element was fabricated using the ENEA
sputtering machine, and operating tests of this new component have
started. A new agreement with ENEL for the construction of a 5 MWe-equivalent
parabolic trough solar field is under way and will become effective in
2007. The test plant will contribute to the production of electricity at
the Priolo Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant according to the original
projects. It will be the first example at reduced scale of parabolic
trough ISCCS using molten salt as the primary fluid.
The
molten-salt-cooled parabolic trough collector
at ENEA Casaccia base – Rome
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