Solar Thermal Central Receiver Systems

1986 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Central Receiver

Central Receiver System Solar Power Plant Using Molten Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ignacio Ortega ◽  
J. Ignacio Burgaleta ◽  
Félix M. Téllez
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Power Generation ◽  
Molten Salt ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Heat Transfer Fluid ◽  
Solar Thermal Power ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Spanish Legislation ◽  
Solar Thermal Power Generation

Of all the technologies being developed for solar thermal power generation, central receiver systems (CRSs) are able to work at the highest temperatures and to achieve higher efficiencies in electricity production. The combination of this concept and the choice of molten salts as the heat transfer fluid, in both the receiver and heat storage, enables solar collection to be decoupled from electricity generation better than water∕steam systems, yielding high capacity factors with solar-only or low hybridization ratios. These advantages, along with the benefits of Spanish legislation on solar energy, moved SENER to promote the 17MWe Solar TRES plant. It will be the first commercial CRS plant with molten-salt storage and will help consolidate this technology for future higher-capacity plants. This paper describes the basic concept developed in this demonstration project, reviewing the experience accumulated in the previous Solar TWO project, and present design innovations, as a consequence of the development work performed by SENER and CIEMAT and of the technical conditions imposed by Spanish legislation on solar thermal power generation.

A review of studies on central receiver solar thermal power plants

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 12-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Behar ◽  
Abdallah Khellaf ◽  
Kamal Mohammedi
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Solar Thermal Power ◽  
Central Receiver

Analysis and Optimization of SM and TES Hours of Central Receiver Concentrated Solar Thermal with Two-Tank Molten Salt Thermal Storage

2020 ◽  
pp. 666-673
Author(s):  
Hanane Ait Lahoussine Ouali ◽  
Benyounes Raillani ◽  
Samir Amraqui ◽  
Mohammed Amine Moussaoui ◽  
Abdelhamid Mezrhab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molten Salt ◽  
Thermal Storage ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Central Receiver

An Exergy-Based Metric for Evaluating Solar Thermal Absorber Technologies for Gas Heating

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maritza Ruiz ◽  
Van P. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Loss Factor ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Pumping Power ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Gas Heating ◽  
Goodness Factor ◽  
Solar Receiver

The energy conversion effectiveness of the central receiver absorber in concentrating solar thermal power systems is dictated primarily by heat losses, material temperature limits, and pumping power losses. To deliver concentrated solar energy to a gas for process heat applications or gas cycle power generation, there are a wide variety of compact heat exchanger finned surfaces that could be used to enhance the convective transfer of absorbed solar energy to the gas stream flowing through the absorber. In such circumstances, a key design objective for the absorber is to maximize the heat transfer thermodynamic performance while minimizing the pumping power necessary to drive the gas flow through the fin matrix. This paper explores the use of different performance metrics to quantify the combined heat transfer, thermodynamic and pressure loss effectiveness of enhanced fins surfaces used in solar thermal absorbers for gas heating. Previously defined heat exchanger performance metrics, such as the “goodness factor”, are considered, and we develop and explore the use of a new metric, the “loss factor”, for determining the preferred enhanced fin matrix surfaces for concentrated solar absorbers. The loss factor, defined as the normalized exergy loss in the receiver, can be used for nondimensional analysis of the desirable qualities in an optimized solar receiver design. In comparison to previous goodness factor methods, the loss factor metric has the advantage that it quantifies the trade-off between trying to maximize the solar exergy transferred to the gas (high heat transfer rate and delivery at high temperature) and minimizing the pumping exergy loss. In this study, the loss factor is used to compare current solar receiver designs, and designs that use a variety of available plate-finned compact heat transfer surfaces with known Colburn factor (j) and friction factor (f) characteristics. These examples demonstrate how the loss factor metric can be used to design and optimize novel solar central receiver systems, and they indicate fin matrix surfaces that are particularly attractive for this type of application.

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