TY  - CHAP
A1  - Atmane, Ilias
A1  - Hirech, Kamal
A1  - Kassmi, K.
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Chayeb, H.
A1  - Bachiri, Najib
ED  - Omrane, Amina
ED  - Kassmi, Khalil
ED  - Akram, Muhammad Wasim
ED  - Khanna, Ashish
ED  - Mostafiz, Imtiaz
T1  - Design and realization of a pilot solar desalination plant in Douar El Hamri in the province of Berkane (Morocco)
T2  - Sustainable entrepreneurship, renewable energy-based projects, and digitalization
N2  - Producing fresh water from saline water has become one of the most difficult challenges to overcome especially with the high demand and shortage of fresh water. In this context, as part of a collaboration with Germany, the authors propose a design and implementation of a pilot multi-stage solar desalination system (MSD), remotely controlled, at Douar Al Hamri in the rural town of Boughriba in the province of Berkane, Morocco. More specifically, they present their contribution on the remote control and supervision system, which makes the functioning of the MSD system reliable and guarantees the production of drinking water for the population of Douar. The results obtained show that the electronic cards and computer communication software implemented allow the acquisition of all electrical (currents, voltages, powers, yields), thermal (temperatures of each stage), and meteorological (irradiance and ambient temperature), remote control and maintenance (switching on, off, data transfer). By comparing with the literature carried out in the field of solar energy, the authors conclude that the MSD and electronic desalination systems realized during this work represent a contribution in terms of the reliability and durability of providing drinking water in rural and urban areas.
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 9781000292541 (E-Book)
SN  - 9781003097921 (E-Book)
SN  - 9780367468378 (Hardcover)
PB  - CRC Press
CY  - Boca Raton, Fa.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, Stefan
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
T1  - Solar Concentrating Systems Using Small Mirror Arrays
JF  - Journal of solar energy engineering
N2  - The cost of solar tower power plants is dominated by the heliostat field making up roughly 50% of investment costs. Classical heliostat design is dominated by mirrors brought into position by steel structures and drives that guarantee high accuracies under wind loads and thermal stress situations. A large fraction of costs is caused by the stiffness requirements of the steel structure, typically resulting in ~ 20 kg/m² steel per mirror area. The typical cost figure of heliostats (figure mentioned by Solucar at Solar Paces Conference, Seville, 2006) is currently in the area of 150 €/m² caused by the increasing price of the necessary raw materials. An interesting option to reduce costs lies in a heliostat design where all moving parts are protected from wind loads. In this way, drives and mechanical layout may be kept less robust, thereby reducing material input and costs. In order to keep the heliostat at an appropriate size, small mirrors (around 10x10 cm²) have to be used, which are placed in a box with a transparent cover. Innovative drive systems are developed in order to obtain a cost-effective design. A 0,5x0,5 m² demonstration unit will be constructed. Tests of the unit are carried out with a high-precision artificial sun unit that imitates the sun’s path with an accuracy of less than 0.5 mrad and creates a beam of parallel light with a divergence of less than 4 mrad.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4000332
SN  - 0199-6231
SN  - 1528-8986 (eISSN)
VL  - 132
IS  - 1
PB  - ASME
CY  - New York
ER  -