Comments on: Solar power tower http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:41:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151657 Bob Morris Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:03:00 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151657 This proposed solar tower will be in NSW. http://www.enviromission.com.au/ This proposed solar tower will be in NSW.

http://www.enviromission.com.au/

]]> By: Save Money http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151654 Save Money Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:50:59 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151654 Oh okay thanks paradoctor I couldn't piece it all together with only the images. Oh okay thanks paradoctor I couldn’t piece it all together with only the images.

]]> By: james gibb http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151650 james gibb Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:11:55 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151650 what are all of you up to what are all of you up to

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151649 Bob Morris Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:10:14 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151649 Spain has a major installation, with more coming. Biggest in the world, I think. Spain has a major installation, with more coming. Biggest in the world, I think.

]]> By: james gibb http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151648 james gibb Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:06:09 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151648 i need to know where the solar power tower is currently being used? i need to know where the solar power tower is currently being used?

]]> By: paradoctor http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151518 paradoctor Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:52:16 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151518 No, no, no, this isn't a solar-concentration thermal tower. Look at the video. It runs by air convection; the air in the big flat greenhouse heats up; it runs through turbines; it rises through the tower and is expelled at the top. Highest temperature: 70 C, at ground level. (= 158 F) This is probably less efficient than solar concentration systems, but it needs fewer moving parts. (Just turbines at ground level, no pumps and pipes for water and steam.) No, no, no, this isn’t a solar-concentration thermal tower. Look at the video. It runs by air convection; the air in the big flat greenhouse heats up; it runs through turbines; it rises through the tower and is expelled at the top. Highest temperature: 70 C, at ground level. (= 158 F) This is probably less efficient than solar concentration systems, but it needs fewer moving parts. (Just turbines at ground level, no pumps and pipes for water and steam.)

]]> By: Save Money http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-151405 Save Money Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:36:05 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/07/solar-power-tower/#comment-151405 Wow thats pretty massive. I'm pretty sure I saw a large tower like this in a concept books years ago, although at the time I looked of it and could find no mention of the tower. This thing must require a huge capital. The top of the tower must be able to withstand a unbelievable amount of heat. The towers in the Southern US, some of them heat up to 2000 degrees at the top of the tower. Wow thats pretty massive. I’m pretty sure I saw a large tower like this in a concept books years ago, although at the time I looked of it and could find no mention of the tower.
This thing must require a huge capital. The top of the tower must be able to withstand a unbelievable amount of heat. The towers in the Southern US, some of them heat up to 2000 degrees at the top of the tower.

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