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PREFACE xiii

acceptance at the end of 2011. However, additional progress in research
work, especially steam production by the Beijing Badaling power tower
solar power plant in July 2011, its power generation in August 2012,
and its gradual commissioning, the author’s knowledge of CSP genera-
tion technologies deepened. The author discovered that content that
was as useful as possible would not be sufficient without the author’s
original theories and experiments. Particularly, CSP generation technolo-
gies still remain at the development stage, and many basic concepts and
terms have been expressed in diversified ways in the articles and writings
of different world-renowned scholars, such as the most important concept
in power plant design, namely the “design point.” As for similar major
content, the author expresses his own opinions in the book by conducting
in-depth theoretical and experimental research. Therefore, after 5 years,
this book can finally be dedicated to its readers. Henceforth, along with
the deepening of research work, the book may be modified regularly so
that upgraded “achievements”dfor example, improvements in the
design and operation mode of the thermal storage unitdcan be dedicated
to readers and the industry as well.
Special thanks should be given by the author to Mr. Xu Jianzhong,
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mr. Huang
Ming, Chairman of Himin Solar Energy Group Co., Ltd., who have
made every endeavor possible, for more than a decade, to support the
author in conducting research on solar thermal power generation and
its practices; meanwhile, the author is also grateful for care and support
from his family. During research on solar thermal power generation
and its practices, the author has been deeply grateful for tremendous sup-
port from the national “863 Program” (2006AA050100), (2006AA050100),
“973 Program” (2010CB227100), “the National Natural Science Fund of
China,” “Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project,” “Knowledge
Innovative Project of CAS,” “International Cooperation Program of the
Ministry of Science and Technology,” and the “6th and 7th” Framework
Programmes for Research of the European Union.
The book assimilates the development experiences and essence of CSP
technologies both at home and abroad and provides them to readers. Yet
due to the author’s limited knowledge, as well as insufficient practices in
CSP plant R&D and construction, many imperfections may exist. It would
be greatly appreciated if readers could provide the author with critiques
and corrections of these imperfections for use in future editions.

Zhifeng Wang
March, 2018