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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Jürgen Wortmann, Limburgerhof, DE;
Michael Lutz, Speyer, DE;
Katharina Federsel, Heidelberg, DE;
Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Zwingenberg, DE;
Stephan Maurer, Neustadt, DE;
Michael Ladenberger, Annweiler am Trifels, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a pipeline system for a linearly concentrating solar power plant () with at least one receiver line (), in which a heat transfer medium is heated by radiating solar energy, or with a central receiver and at least one emptying tank () and/or one store for the heat transfer medium, the heat transfer medium having a vapor pressure of less than 0.5 bar at the maximum operating temperature. Furthermore, a gas displacement system () is comprised, which connects gas spaces in the at least one emptying tank () and/or in the store for the heat transfer medium to one another and which has a central gas store () and/or a central gas connection () and a central exhaust gas outlet (), through which gas can be discharged into the surroundings.