Design andsimulation of dish-stirling solar thermal power plantin tropical region

The development of green power generation such as solar systems that have become a great interest for several countries especially for Myanmar as it presents a significant solar potential. In this paper, solar thermal has been chosen and designed to be used for rural electrification which is the most suitable technology especially for tropical region of Myanmar. In solar thermal electricity generation, Dish-Stirling solar power generation has emerged as an efficient and reliable source of renewable energy. As the technology moves into commercialization, models become necessary to predict system behavior under various operating conditions. This research is intended to fulfil the electricity requirement in Myanmar to some extent as a several small off-grid power systems with parabolic dish units. In this paper, the thermal, electrical, and control systems of the dish-Stirling system are presented, along with a method for simulation. The modeling and simulation is executed in detailed for the proposed standalone system by using Matlab/Simulink software.