Simulation of the parabolic trough solar energy generation system with Organic Rankine Cycle

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 630-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Ling He ◽  
Dan-Hua Mei ◽  
Wen-Quan Tao ◽  
Wei-Wei Yang ◽  
Huai-Liang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Generation System ◽  
Parabolic Trough

scholarly journals Small Organic Rankine Cycle Coupled to Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator

2017 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 700-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Caldiño-Herrera ◽  
Laura Castro ◽  
O.A. Jaramillo ◽  
J.C. Garcia ◽  
Gustavo Urquiza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Solar Concentrator ◽  
Parabolic Trough

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Small-Scale Organic Rankine Cycle Systems for Solar Energy Utilisation

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqi Wang ◽  
Long Jiang ◽  
Zhiwei Ma ◽  
Abigail Gonzalez-Diaz ◽  
Yaodong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Water Storage Tank ◽  
Solar Thermal Collector ◽  
Cycle Systems

Small-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems driven by solar energy are compared in this paper, which aims to explore the potential of power generation for domestic utilisation. A solar thermal collector was used as the heat source for a hot water storage tank. Thermal performance was then evaluated in terms of both the conventional ORC and an ORC using thermal driven pump (TDP). It is established that the solar ORC using TDP has a superior performance to the conventional ORC under most working conditions. Results demonstrate that power output of the ORC using TDP ranges from 72 W to 82 W with the increase of evaporating temperature, which shows an improvement of up to 3.3% at a 100 °C evaporating temperature when compared with the power output of the conventional ORC. Energy and exergy efficiencies of the ORC using TDP increase from 11.3% to 12.6% and from 45.8% to 51.3% when the evaporating temperature increases from 75 °C to 100 °C. The efficiency of the ORC using TDP is improved by up to 3.27%. Additionally, the exergy destruction using TDP can be reduced in the evaporator and condenser. The highest exergy efficiency in the evaporator is 96.9%, an improvement of 62% in comparison with that of the conventional ORC, i.e., 59.9%. Thus, the small-scale solar ORC system using TDP is more promising for household application.

Modeling, Simulation, and Performance Evaluation Analysis of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Power Plant Coupled to an Organic Rankine Cycle Engine in North Eastern Greece Using trnsys

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pantelis N. Botsaris ◽  
Alexandros G. Pechtelidis ◽  
Konstantinos A. Lymperopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Small Deviation ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Hybrid Power Plant ◽  
And Performance

The present work is focused on the development of a simulation model for an existing cogeneration power plant, which utilizes a solar thermal field with parabolic trough solar collectors coupled to an Organic Rankine Cycle engine. The power plant is modeled in the trnsys v.17 software package and its performance has been validated with real operating conditions. The simulated system (concentrated solar power (CSP) field and ORC engine) is the main part of a hybrid power plant located near “Ziloti” village of the Municipality of Xanthi, in northeastern Greece. The construction of the hybrid power plant was funded by the Strategic Co-Funded Project of the European Territorial Cooperation Program Greece–Bulgaria 2007–2013 with the acronym ENERGEIA. The power plant simulated in this paper includes a 234 kWth solar parabolic trough collector (PTC) field, a 5 m3 thermal energy storage tank, and a 5 kWe ORC engine for the production of thermal and electrical energies. The results of the simulations present small deviation in contrast to the real operating data of the CSP power plant coupled with the ORC engine, therefore the simulation model is considered as reliable.

scholarly journals Concentrating Solar Collectors for a Trigeneration System—A Comparative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 4492
Author(s):  
Evangelos Bellos ◽  
Christos Tzivanidis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Payback Period ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
System A ◽  
Linear Fresnel Reflector ◽  
Selection Of

The objective of this study is the investigation of different solar concentrating collectors for application in a trigeneration system. Parabolic trough collectors, linear Fresnel reflectors and solar dishes are the examined solar concentrating technologies in this work. The trigeneration unit includes an organic Rankine cycle coupled with an absorption heat machine that operates with LiBr/water. The analysis is performed throughout the year by using the weather data of Athens in Greece. The results of this work indicate that the selection of parabolic trough collectors is the best choice because it leads to the maximum yearly system energy efficiency of 64.40% and to the minimum simple payback period of 6.25 years. The second technology is the solar dish with the energy efficiency of 62.41% and the simple payback period of 6.95 years, while the linear Fresnel reflector is the less efficient technology with the energy efficiency of 35.78% and with a simple payback period of 10.92 years. Lastly, it must be stated that the thermodynamic investigation of the system is performed with a created model in Engineering Equation Solver, while the dynamic analysis is performed with a code in the programming language FORTRAN.

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