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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Takuya Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a solar heat steam cycle system capable of operating efficiently and stably in keeping with the status of collected or stored heat, and a control method for use with the system. The system includes a heat collector () which collects solar thermal energy, a thermal storage device () which stores the solar thermal energy collected by the heat collector, a feed water heater () which heats feed water, an evaporator () which evaporates the feed water supplied from the feed water heater, and a steam turbine () driven by steam generated by the evaporator. The system includes a control valve () which controls allocations of heating medium supplied from the thermal storage device to the evaporator and the feed water heater.