Solar Thermal Plant-Heat Recovery &

                                  Recycling

Most solar thermal power generation systems operate at high temperatures. In order to make up or the inefficiencies of the system a much larger solar field is required. The efficiencies are listed below.

Solar collectors are about 60% efficient------40% loss

Piping to steam generator is 70% efficient---30% loss

Steam generation system is 30% efficient-----70% loss

IN ADDITION, these power generation systems will only produce power with direct sunlight. These plants are designed to use natural gas and operate as a hybrid plant when the sun is not shining or when rain falls.

Our system uses lower temperatures and is much more efficient---77%

Result is that the solar field is reduced to 1/3 the area.

The loss of heat in the pipes is reduced or eliminated @ 150F with insulation.

We are operating at lower temperatures and we can engineer nighttime power generation using cool night air as a heat source.

The above will allow us to operate solely as a solar plant.

Cloudy or rainy days will not stop us from generating power.

The chemical process is simple. The hydrochloric acid is combined with the precipitate to form the salt solution. This reaction is highly heat producing. With our cooling power plant we can use this excess heat to generate power.

Next the solution is sprayed into the hot gas this does two things. First it dries the salt to a powder. Second, it cools the chlorine gas. The chlorine gas is hen transferred to a container where is cooled and the water condenses and precipitates out. This leaves us with dry chlorine at ambient temperatures, which we then use in a new way to get hydrochloric acid and other useful by products.

The powdered salt is pushed into the cell where it is treated with electricity. The chlorine gas mentioned previously is created along with the metal. The cell loses 50% of the energy put into it so a resistance heater is used to replace it. This loss of heat presents an opportunity to recapture and reuse the heat, which our low temperature plant can do. All of the above, leads to the possibility of reducing the size of the power plant and solar field further.