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Analysis and optimization of concentrated solar power plant for application in arid climate

Energy Science & Engineering, 2021
In this research study, the concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is reviewed for designing and optimizing a CSP tower plant for arid climate regions such as Qatar.
Mutaz B. Elbeh, Ahmad K. Sleiti
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Performance and Exergy Analysis of a Dual Receiver of a Solar Power Tower

Energies
Conventional solar power tower (SPT) systems often suffer from significant heat transfer exergy destruction due to large temperature differences between the heat source and the working fluid during the heat exchange process.
Cheng Zhang, Miaoli Li, Yaoxun Feng
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Advances in Concentrating Solar Power Tower

, 2017
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG) and with or without thermal energy storage (TES). The study then reviews the novel trends to produce better ratio of solar field power to electric power, better ...
Albert Boretti, Stefania Castelletto, Sarim Al-Zubaidy   +2 more
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Strategies in tower solar power plant optimization [PDF]

Solar Energy, 2012
A method for optimizing a central receiver solar thermal electric power plant is studied. We parametrize the plant design as a function of eleven design variables and reduce the problem of finding optimal designs to the numerical problem of finding the minimum of a function of several variables.
Ramos, A., Ramos, F.
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Performance enhancement of a small solar desalination still with active solar tracking, spray evaporation, and auxiliary electrical heating

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
This study combines theoretical and experimental analysis of a solar/electric hybrid seawater desalination still with a spray-assisted evaporation device and a solar tracking system.
Min-Wen Wang, Rui-Yun Hsu, Chi-Feng Hung, Tsung-Chieh Cheng   +3 more
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Optimal Sizing and Siting of PV and Battery Based Space Microgrids Near the Moon’s Shackleton Crater

IEEE Access, 2023
Space mission cost and feasibility depend mainly on the size and mass of the payload. This paper investigates the optimal photovoltaic (PV) array and battery size and mass for an islanded PV-battery powered space microgrid (MG) at the lunar south pole ...
Diptish Saha, Najmeh Bazmohammadi, Jose Maurilio Raya-Armenta, Angelina D. Bintoudi, Abderezak Lashab, Juan C. Vasquez, Josep M. Guerrero   +6 more
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Techno-economic comparison of solar power tower system/photovoltaic system/wind turbine/diesel generator in supplying electrical energy to small loads

Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2019
This study presents a techno-economic comparison of four alternatives (experimental prototype of concentrating solar power tower system, photovoltaic (PV) system, collapsible vertical axis wind turbine and diesel generator) to supply electrical energy ...
Nidal Abu-Hamdeh, Khaled Alnefaie
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Mathematical Model for Economic Optimization of Tower-Type Solar Thermal Power Generation Systems via Coupled Monte Carlo Ray-Tracing and Multi-Mechanism Heat Loss Equations

Mathematics
With the global energy transition and decarbonization goals, tower-type solar thermal power generation is increasingly important for dispatchable clean energy due to its high efficiency, thermal storage capacity, and regulation performance.
Juanen Li, Yao Chen, Huanhao Su
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Towards the Chilean solar thermal potential knowledge for solar power tower plants [PDF]

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018
The present paper presents a very simple energy yield model fitted using the annual DNI and the latitude as main inputs, considering a solar tower CSP plant, with 100 MW of net energy output and 6 hours of thermal storage. Furthermore, a mask of suitable areas for CSP power tower installations in Chile is also shown.
Marzo, Aitor, Zarzalejo, Luis F., Ibarra, Mercedes, Navarro, Ana A., Soto, Gonzalo, Ramírez, Lourdes, Escobar, Rodrigo, Silva Pérez, Manuel Antonio   +7 more
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Notes on Measuring Concentration Ratio Distribution for a Solar Tower Using Moonlight

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
The authors' original concept of indirect solar flux mapping of a heliostat field measures CRD using a compact stationary array of moonlight illuminometers on the receiver aperture and a reference moonlight illuminometer on the dual-axis moon tracker ...
Minghuan Guo, Zhifeng Wang, Xiliang Zhang, Hao Wang, Ying Wu, Jian Wang   +5 more
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