to transfer the molten salt from the cold thermal storage tank to the receiver located on top of the solar power tower the molten salt is heated up to around 1050 u00b0 f 565 u00b0 c as the fluid circulates through the receiver panels in a serpentine manner the heated molten salt then exits the receiver through a down comer hot return pipe and flows into ground based hot thermal storage tank s the stored hot salt in the hot thermal tank s is drawn out as needed to generate steam to power a steam turbine the steam turns the turbine which is connected to a generator to produce electricity for example via a standard rankine cycle the receiver panels are described next in detail referring now to fig1 an absorption panel 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown a solar receiver typically comprises a plurality of the solar absorption panels 10 positioned adjacent one another there are several arrangements of panels the most common of which forms either a cylindrical shape receiver or a flat u201c billboard u201d shape receiver each panel 10 comprises a plurality of solar absorption tubes 12 a plurality of independent clip guide support assemblies 16.