HIDRA: Automatic emergency hydraulic system for solar thermal plants
IDE/2017/000705
Projects co-financed by the Government of the Principality of Asturias through IDEPA and the Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (PCTI) 2013-2017, and the EU through the ERDF Funds
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The purpose of the HIDRA project is the development of an automatic hydraulic emergency system that performs the defocusing of the collectors of a thermosolar plant.
The HIDRA system would make it possible to eliminate the UPS from the solar thermal plant, with the consequent cost savings.