TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Solar tower power plant in Germany and future perspectives of the development of the technology in Greece and Cyprus
JF  - Renewable Energy
N2  - Since the 80s power production with solar thermal power plants has been a way to substitute fossil fuels. By concentrating direct solar radiation from heliostats very high temperatures of a thermal fluid can be reached. The resulting heat is converted to mechanical energy in a steam cycle which generates electricity.

High efficiencies and fast start-up are reached by using air as a heat medium, as well as using porous ceramic materials as solar receiver of the concentrated sunlight.

In Germany the construction of a 1.5 MWe solar tower power plant began in 2008. It is operational since December 2008 and started production of electricity in the spring of 2009.

In Greece and Cyprus, countries with high solar potential, the development of this competitive solar thermal technology is imperative, since it has already been implemented in other Mediterranean countries.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.003
SN  - 0960-1481
VL  - 35
IS  - 7
SP  - 1352
EP  - 1356
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Becker, Manfred
A1  - Fend, Thomas
T1  - Theoretical and numerical investigation of flow stability in porous materials applied as volumetric solar receivers / M. Becker ; T. Fend ; B. Hoffschmidt ...
JF  - Solar energy. 80 (2006), H. 10
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 0038-092X
N1  - Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES’04)
SP  - 1241
EP  - 1248
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Kuhlmann, Wolfram
A1  - Bettzieche, Volker
T1  - Baudynamische Untersuchung von Talsperren
JF  - Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0005-6650 (Print) ; 1436-4867 (E-Journal) ; 1434-6591 (Beilage)
VL  - Band 80
IS  - Nr. 3
SP  - S2
EP  - S6
ER  -