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What happens is there if a failure in a solar collector system?

April 26, 2017Collector failure happens solar system

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What happens is there if a failure in a solar collector system?

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A CSP power plant is divided into several main components, including the solar field. If there is a failure in one of the solar collector systems within the solar field, then the single row containing the failed system can be shutdown for repairs, with the overall solar field power output being reduced only by a small percentage. The electric output can be kept constant by temporarily extracting more energy from the storage, until the failed system is repaired and the row brought back on line.