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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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added a series of SEGS power plants with total generating capacity of 354 MW
e
. Figure 8.26
shows a schematic of the SEGS VIII and IX plants. Table 8.11 provides information about the
solar eld, power block, and other general information about SEGS I and SEGS IX plants. All
of these plants use solar energy to heat the working uid and natural gas as the auxiliary
fuel to achieve the desired temperature. On average, 75% of the energy is obtained from
the sun and 25% from natural gas. With power plant electrical conversion efciencies on
the order of 40% and the so
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ISBN: 9781466556966