A review of studies on central receiver solar thermal power plants

Behar, Omar; Khellaf, A.; Mohammedi, Kamal

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.017

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“…One of the several types of solar thermal technology is based on the concept of the concentration of sunrays, also known as the concentrated solar power (CSP) systems, using the solar radiation as a renewable source for electricity production through a thermodynamic cycle (Hamilton, 2011;IRENA, 2013). Behar, et al, (2013) recognized that among all the CSP technologies available in the late years, the one that uses central receiver system (CRS) is the type of technology moving to the forefront. Basically these systems concentrate the sunrays on the receiver by reflecting the sun light through heliostats' surfaces (mirrors).…”

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A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Bortoloni¹,

Bottarelli²,

2017

Applied Thermal Engineering

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A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Bortoloni¹,

Bottarelli²,

2017

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…Although some conceptual receivers were developed and some prototype power plants are being built [13,14], there are no fully commercial power plants with pressurized receiver configuration and they were not considered for the purpose of this work. The estimated levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for the construction and operation of a pressurized volumetric CRS could reach grid parity [15], but long term operation is still unproved, while the LCOE of an atmospheric volumetric CRS operating in solar-only mode is still above grid parity [15].…”

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Biomass and central receiver system (CRS) hybridization: Integration of syngas/biogas on the atmospheric air volumetric CRS heat recovery steam generator duct burner

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Central receiver systems (CRS) are a promising concentrated solar power (CSP) technology for dis-patchable electricity generation. The CRS levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is usually increased by low power-block capacity factors or by high thermal storage costs. The economical turnover is still positive for the Portuguese case but depends on the bonus feedin tariffs. On the other hand, with biomass existing feed-in tariffs and raising prices, the viability of current biomass power plants is at risk. To address these issues, several base case power plants and hybrid biomass/CSP options are analyzed: wood gasification, refusederived fuel pellets, biogas from a wastewater anaerobic digester, biogas from a landfill and natural gas.The solution with lower LCOE was obtained for the hybridization of a 4 MWe CRS using an atmospheric volumetric receiver with biogas from an anaerobic digester using sludge from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Different results would be obtained for the hybrid systems if different CRS technologies are used. The hybrid CRS/anaerobic digester power plant LCOE is 0.15 €/kWh, returning the investment in 13 years (assuming sludge collection and transport without cost) with the best net present value (15 million euro) and internal rate of return of all the hybrid options.

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“…Solar Power Tower (SPT) systems are known as one of the most promising technologies for producing solar electricity, as claimed in the literature [2,21,25]. An SPT system is here considered to consist of three main components: tower, multiple receivers and a field of heliostats comprising rectangular mirrors.…”

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Optimization of multiple receivers solar power tower systems

Carrizosa

Domínguez-Bravo

Fernández-Cara

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Energy

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In this article a new procedure to optimize the design of a Multiple Receivers Solar Power Tower system is presented. The proposed procedure allows to optimize the different receivers (height, aperture tilt angle, azimuth angle and aperture size) as well as the heliostat field layout, seeking to minimize the levelized cost of thermal energy.The optimization problem is high dimensional, with a black-box nonconvex objective function that is hard to compute.Our method is based on an alternating greedy-based heuristic method, already used by the authors to design a system with a single receiver, which simultaneously optimizes the receivers and the heliostat field. The proposed procedure allows one to determine the overall number of heliostats, their locations and the aiming region of each field.

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A review of studies on central receiver solar thermal power plants

Cited by 578 publications

References 186 publications

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Biomass and central receiver system (CRS) hybridization: Integration of syngas/biogas on the atmospheric air volumetric CRS heat recovery steam generator duct burner

Optimization of multiple receivers solar power tower systems

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