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Sign upLF20: Linear Fresnel Solar Collector
A solar flat plate collector for generating renewable energy heat
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LF20: Linear Fresnel Solar Collector
A solar flat plate collector for generating renewable energy heat
Label Date
March 10, 2021
By
SOLATOM
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Spain
Maturity stage
TRL 9 / CRI 2 - Commercial Trial Small Scale
Industries burn fossil fuels in their production process by generating heat with conventional boilers in the form of steam, hot water or hot oil. This heat generation is responsible for one third of the CO2 emissions worldwide. Seeking to address critical environmental issues, the Solution "LF20: Linear Fresnel Solar Collector" produces renewable energy heat by concentrating solar energy with mirrors that track the sun. This energy is concentrated into a receiver - an isolated vacuum tube absorber - where steam, hot oil or hot air is produced. Thanks to this heat, the Solution not only manages to reduce the industry’s CO2 emissions, but it also the client’s energy bill. This reduction in price is possible thanks to its innovative design, which allows the solar energy to be converted directly into heat, rather than producing electricity first, to later produce heat. Another advantage of the Solution is the high temperature (up to 350 ºC) it can reach. Many industries demand high temperatures, and conventional solar flat plate collectors are just not able to generate heat at temperatures over 120 ºC
The Environmental Benefits
- •Every module has a surface of 36 m2
- •Produces over 20 MWh of energy per year
- •Savings of 30% to 70% of current use of fossil fuels with its associated CO2, NOx and SO3 emissions
- •Savings of 2.000 liters of diesel per year
The Financial Benefits
- • 140 k€ of annual savings for every MW of solar power installed
- •Payback period of the investment between 3 to 7 years
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SOLATOM
Solatom produces heat for the industries using concentrated solar energy, thereby substituting the use of fossil fuels
Headquarters
46022 Valencia, Spain
Type
Startup or self-employed
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