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Next edition: Location: Madrid Date: September 29 - September 30, 2011 Course fee: 495 € + 18% VAT Courses in company: This course can be done anytime at the customer premises. Check prices and conditions by calling 91 126 37 66 or sending an email to info@renovetec.com Distance learning course: This course can be done any time from a distance. Check prices and conditions by calling 91 126 37 66 or sending an email to info@renovetec.com Special condition for unemployed people and recent graduates

COURSE DETAILS

Type of Course: On site classes, based on a presentation developed with the help of programs like
Power Point

Duration:  Between 13 and 16 hours

Course Level:  Basic, previous knowledge is not required

Material: Colour Book 17 x 24 Paperback. 

Practices:  Not performed

Course Director:  Santiago García Garrido, Bachelor in Chemistry and Technical Director RENOVETEC. Author of numerous books on industrial maintenance and electrical generation.

Usual Speakers:  Beatrice Scola, Alex Lupión, Carlos Hernández, Santiago Mirabal

COURSE CONTENT

• Solar thermal power plants
• Types of plants
  
• Cost of a 50MW solar thermal plant
  
• Projects in Spain
• Worldwide projects
  

• Parabolic trough concentrator
• Absorber tube
• Solar Trucking system
• Collector: Group of modules
• Loops
• Solar field

• System overview
• Thermal fluid: composition and main characteristic
  
• Pumping system
• Expansion system 
  
• Waste disposal system (Ullage system)
• Antifreeze system and auxiliary boiler.
• Overview of the steam generation train

• Inorganic molten salts
• General operation system
• Main elements of the system

• Rankine cycle
• Water steam cycle overview
• Steam generation train in solar thermal power plants
  
• Degasser
• Condenser
• Condenser vacuum pump
• Drive pumps( to feed the boiler and condensate)
  
• High and low pressure preheaters
• Bypass valves
• Seal steam
  

• Main cooling system
  
• Equipments cooling system o Closed Cooling Water (CCW
• Water treatment plant (WTA)
• Gas regulating and metering station (ERM)
• Effluent treatment plant (PTE)
• Fire prevention system
• Compressed air production system

• Types of turbines
• Turbine overview
• Blades
• Rotor
• Casing
• Bearings
• Lubrication system
• Sealing system: steam seals, labyrinth seals, seals steam condenser.
• Inlet valves
• Drain valves
• Virador
• Control system
• Steam turbines regulation
  
  

• Single-line diagram
• Main transformer and auxiliary transformers
• Switchgear switching
• Evacuation line