Research Article

Design of a 25 MWe Solar Thermal Power Plant in Iran with Using Parabolic Trough Collectors and a Two-Tank Molten Salt Storage System

Table 2

Useful thermal power (kW) for a collector at the design point.

Mass flow→
Array length↓
5 (kg/s)6 (kg/s)7 (kg/s)8 (kg/s)

300394.0401.9407.5411.5
350452.5461.8470.2475.6
400509.1521.0530.4537.4
450562.5578.6590.2598.9
500615.4634.8648.8659.4
550666.6687.9704.5717.1
600716.2741.1760.5775.2