50 kW Dish/Stirling System

The project involved the construction of two 50 kW dish/Stirling systems close to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. These were the first large concentrators built using metal membrane technology, and they still are the largest dish/Stirling systems worldwide. The highly efficient Stirling motors were equipped for solar operation for the first time and a very innovative, state of the art drive and control system was developed.
The units are fully grid independent and were operated continuously until the mid 90s.

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Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Cooperation
Lipp GmbH, TannhausenUnited Stirling AB, Malmö
Owner
Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), Bonn;KACST, Riad
Projektpartner
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Concentrator diameter
17 m
Reflecting area
227 m²
Average concentration factor
600
Suspension
azimuthal
Control system
fully automatic
Stirling engine
United Stirling 4-275
Type
4-cylinder, double acting
Working gas
hydrogen

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