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Solnechnaya Ivanpah thermal power plant (Ivanpah) located in the dry lakebed Ivanpah, California, recently reached a milestone in its development – test was performed called "first flow".
A key stage in the operation of the power plant Ivanpah, the world's largest solar thermal installation has been made 27.02.13. Approximately at 15:55, more than one thousand heliostats focused on the solar receiver Ivanpah Unit 1, creating the "first flux". Solar flux is called the process of reflection of sunlight from the huge number of array of solar mirrors. The flow slowly heats water in the boiler up to temperature slightly below that required to generate steam. Prior to this test the maximum amount of heliostats aimed at the boiler did not exceed 5-10 pieces and was done for the calibration of heliostats – inert flow activities.
"First flux is a very important stage for the project, and our team is proud of this," says Gil Kroyzer, Vice President Modeling & Solar Field Design, the company is a technology provider for the project Ivanpah.



The owls Mike Bobinecz, Vice President of construction management in the company BrightSource Energy, "first flux" essentially demonstrates the willingness of the station to full operation.
Bechtel Corporation, a company engaged in the construction of the station is the last stage in the installation of systems and equipment.
Array heliostations mirrors worked by reflecting all the sunlight received by each of the thousands of mirrors on a flat black surface of the boiler, heating it to temperatures of formation of steam. This process is equivalent to the summed heat of the sun in one point a thousand times – the smaller the area on which is focused the light, the higher the temperature of this area. At the station Ivanpah used about 300,000 mirrors.
"We are now focused on reaching a point where we will be able to give a full load of heliostats on the boiler and transfer the project to the stage of commercial use". Over the next month, the team will increase the capacity of the solar flux on the boiler and begin producing steam to test the pressure systems of energy generation.
"When you have reached a certain level of pressure, the system is ready for blowing steam piping and removal of any debris that could damage the steam turbine in the process".
The plant Ivanpah owns NRG Energy, Google and BrightSource Energy and was built by Bechtel Corporation.

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