Non uniformityandhighinitialinvestmentaretheproblemsassociatedinsolarenergy
technologies. Biomasspowerplantdemandsahugeamountoffuelfeedwhichmaynotbe
availablereadilyinalltheplacesandtimes.Afeedcontrolinbiomassfuelwithvariable
solar radiationavoidstheneedofsolarenergystorageandsavesthestoragecost.Inthis
work, solarparaboliccollectorsandbiomasscombustionhavebeenarrangedinparallelto
produce steamforpowergeneration.Solarenergyislimitedtoamaximumshareof50%
to avoidtheoperationofbiomasscombustionatlowfuelfeedrateindaytime.The
performancecharacteristicsofhybridpowerplanthavebeendevelopedwithturbineinlet
condition(pressureandtemperature)andvariationinsolarenergysharing.Thefocused
results arecyclethermalefficiency,hybridplantthermalefficiency,plantfuelefficiency
and specificpower.Themass,energyandperformancevariationsarestudiedunder
variablesolarradiation.Acasestudyhasbeencarriedouttovalidatethethermodynamic
cycleresults.Theresultsshowthattheplantfuelenergyefficiencyincreasesfrom16%to
29% withanincreaseinsolarparticipationfrom10%to50%attheboilerpressureof
20 bar.