Solar thermal power plants – A review of configurations and performance comparison
Abstract
A detailed review and thermal performance comparison of fifteen power generation technologies including fossil, solar and hybrid options has been presented. The modeling of each part of the power plants has been carried out. For the solar field, a detailed modeling that comprises the heat transfer in the receiver tube, optics of the collector and the heat losses from the piping, has been carried out . In order to develop mathematical models for the fifteen power plants, the gas turbine and the steam turbine have been modeled and results were successively validated. Various integration of solar parabolic trough technology into the three reference Power Conversion Cycles (PCSs) including Brayton cycle, Rankine cycle and combined cycle have been considered. Six performance indicators have been used to rank the configurations. Some of these configurations are originally proposed in the present study and important findings are highlighted.
- Publication:
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Pub Date:
- September 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.102
- Bibcode:
- 2018RSERv..92..608B
- Keywords:
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- BC;
- Brayton cycle;
- CC;
- combined cycle;
- CSP;
- concentrating solar power;
- DLR;
- German Aerospace Center;
- DNI;
- direct normal irradiation;
- DSG;
- direct steam generation;
- GT;
- gas turbine unit;
- HCE;
- heat collection element;
- HRSG;
- heat recovery steam generator;
- HSSG;
- heat solar steam generator;
- HTF;
- heat transfer fluid;
- ISCCS;
- integrated solar combined cycle system;
- NREL;
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
- MBD;
- mean bias difference;
- PTC;
- parabolic trough collector;
- SEGS;
- solar electricity generating system;
- ST;
- steam turbine unit;
- SR;
- solar reheat;
- SS;
- solar salt;
- SP;
- solar preheating;
- RRC;
- regenerative Rankine cycle;
- Parabolic trough solar thermal power plant;
- Parabolic trough technology;
- Solar power plant;
- Hybrid solar thermal power plant;
- Concentrating solar power