Performance analysis of a solar-only gas micro turbine, with mass flow control

Particular attention is given to the receiver thermal incident flux, heliostat field and solar tower design. The current results are compared with the annual efficiency and energy production of an existing plant in hybrid configuration (solar-fuel).The analysis has been carried out on a commercial gas turbine having a power of 100 kW, sited on Seville town. For the heliostat field analysis, the open source code Solar PILOT has been used, while for the entire plant the code Thermoflex has been employed.