The forefront of the Solar Thermal sector since 2006
Engineering & Consultancy in CSP Plants
Activities and Capabilities in the
CSP Sector
Solar thermal generation technology (Concentrated Solar Power – CSP) is where all of CADE’s capabilities clearly materialize from the beginning of the sector, as a strong and reliable partner throughout the entire project life cycle, ranging from I + D to operating plants.
CADE develops new technology and engineering concepts around improving the efficiency and availability of existing CSP plants, as well as new concepts of solar thermal technology applied to the heat consuming industry.
Owner’s Engineering
FEED Engineering (Front-and-End-Engineering Design), Selection and evaluation of main equipment and systems, Technical-Economic Feasibility Studies (CAPEX-OPEX), Generation EPC Sheets and Specifications,
EPC project execution control.
Permitting / Ready-to-Build
Basic Project
Project Applications and Authorizations
Processing with the Administration
(Municipal/Regional/National)
Basic and detail Engineering
Multidisciplinary engineering for conceptual and detailed development of CSP >50MW plants:
- Solar Field- HTF
- Steam Generation
- TES – Thermal storage system in molten salts
- Power Block
Procurement
Equipment, Package Units, Contractors
Specifications of purchase and technical tabulation of offers
Manufacturing and supply monitoring and monitoring
Workshop inspection and equipment reception
Construction Supervision
Civil, Mechanical Systems, I&C, Electricity
Commissioning
Definition of protocols, manuals and PEM tests
solidTES – Thermal Storage
Concrete and aggregate-based thermal storage technology
R&D
Evaluation of the Dispatchability of a Parabolic Trough Collector System with Concrete Storage – EDITOR
Feed and conceptual engineering
Integration with:
- existing processes (steam, hot water, thermal oil, air, electricity)
- existing energy sources (residual heat, PV, thermal or electrical discharges)
- Basic and detail engineering
- Turnkey Projects
ProcessCSP Industrial Heat
Solution for thermal contribution to the industry based on concentration plot with parabolic cylinder or Fresnel technology and with thermal storage.
Feed Engineering, Conceptual and Technology Assessment
Integration with existing processes (steam, hot water, thermal oil, air, cold systems)
Basic and Detail Engineering
Turnkey Projects
Digital CSP plant
Digitalization portfolio and industry 4.0 focused on solar thermal plants
Improved asset management and O&M under paradigm 4.0, from specific equipment or asset, units or systems, to complete plants
Intelligent 3D plant model:
- LASER 3D SCAN: Point clouds generation and photorealistic plant models for improved management
SMART 3D mockups: 3d model generation including asset data and information and operation and maintenance
Digital twin: real-time critical asset monitoring and analysis for decision-making and prediction:
- Condition-based and predictive maintenance
ANALYSIS-MONITORING of status, integrity, life and failure prevention of critical equipment
Complete DIGITAL TWIN of equipment or systems with sensorization, monitoring, intelligent analysis, simulation and experimentation capability, to improve the performance and efficiency of the equipment or system.
InCycle
Methodology for the analysis and optimization of renewable steam cycles.
Water Quality Analysis vs Industry Standards and Regulations
- Review of the sampling system
Review of the dosing system
Analysis of the current status of computers:- Corrosion (pitting, FAC, low tank, …)
Fouling, performance, by-passes, etc).
Accumulated damage from current operation (fatigue, thermal shocks)
- Corrosion (pitting, FAC, low tank, …)
- Identification of operational improvements to avoid detected deviations (increased service life, improved performance)
Cycle performance analysis
Reduction of leaks (PSVs, drains, purgers)
Plants in
Operation
Currently, more than 25 CSP plants operating around the world count on CADE to evaluate, optimize, and improve the main systems and critical equipment of the plant.
Executed Type
Projects
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