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Solovyev, Alexander, Dmitry Solovyev, and Liubov Shilova. "Solar-vortex power plants: Principles of effective work and technical requirements on the preparation of initial data for design." MATEC Web of Conferences 196 (2018): 04075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819604075.

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This article discusses the conceptual problems of the energy conversion process from radiant radiation into the energy of flows and electric energy in solar convective-vortex power plants. Moreover, this research includes the analysis of the factors that can contribute to the achievement of the optimal conditions for the control of the thermal energy concentration processes of solar radiation into the energy of tornado-like flows. Also, this article will discuss the results of the development of appropriate technical requirements for the design and construction of the building foundations and structures of solar-vortex power systems.
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Sedady, Fatima, and Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia. "A novel MCDM model for prioritizing the renewable power plants’ construction." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 30, no. 2 (March 11, 2019): 383–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-05-2018-0102.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique to determine the priority of renewable power plants construction conceding technical, economic, social, political and environmental aspects. Design/methodology/approach First, a comprehensive set of 5 main criteria of technical, economic, social, political and environmental are considered for renewable power plants construction, each including 5 sub-criteria (a total of 25 sub-criteria). Then, the analytic hierarchy process method is used to determine the weight of the criteria. Finally, a new MCDM technique proposed to prioritize the construction of renewable power plants, named TOPKOR. To demonstrate the capability of the proposed method, a case study is conducted in which six types of renewable power plants are evaluated. Findings Comparison results of the main criteria weights show that the “economic” [0.403], “environmental” [0.296] and “technical” [0.17] aspects have the highest importance, respectively. The results also show that solar, hydroelectric and wave and tidal power plants have the highest priority for construction, respectively. Research limitations/implications The result of this research could be useful for related decision makers in construction of the renewable power plants to have a comprehensive set of criteria in technical, economic, social, political and environmental aspects in their decision process. Originality/value This research provides a comprehensive set of criteria and sub-criteria for prioritizing the renewable power plants. Moreover, a new hybrid MCDM technique is introduced for prioritizing the construction of power plants.
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Nguyen, T. N., V. D. Sizov, M. P. Vu, and T. T. H. Cu. "Evaluation of Work Efficiency of the Solar Power Plant Installed on the Roof of a House in Hanoi City." ENERGETIKA. Proceedings of CIS higher education institutions and power engineering associations 63, no. 1 (February 7, 2020): 30–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21122/1029-7448-2020-63-1-30-41.

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Vietnam is a country of a great solar potential; solar technology is growing rapidly in Vietnam and investors are very interested in building solar power plants. Construction of the rooftop solar power stations can help owners reduce monthly electricity costs and even get economic benefits by selling excess electricity coming from a solar power plant (PV) to the utility grid. In this study, the design results of a rooftop grid-tied solar power station with the capacity of 26 kWp for a commercial building were introduced to have a basis to assess the operation ability of solar power station under solar radiation conditions in Hanoi city, Vietnam. The simulation results using the PVsyst program have made it possible to calculate the solar energy potential in Hanoi city, the power generation and efficiency of the grid-tied solar power station. Solar power has been applied in Vietnam since the 1990s but is mainly used for areas that were far from national power grid such as mountainous areas, islands. Small scale grid-tied solar power has been developed since 2010 and mainly is used for residential applications or small and medium scale consumers. The total capacity of electricity produced by solar power plants in Vietnam by 2017 was only about 8 MW; this value is very low as compared to the potential of solar power in Vietnam. This is due to the absence of the government support for the policy of developing solar power. In accordance with the current roadmap of raising electricity prices in Vietnam, construction investment of rooftop solar power stations is economically feasible while contributing to environmental protection and counteracting climate change phenomenon by reducing the amount of CO2 emitted into the environment.
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Wang, Yi Feng. "Discussion on Asset-Backed Securitization of PV Power Plants." Advanced Materials Research 960-961 (June 2014): 1536–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.960-961.1536.

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At present, it universally exists that the financing problem confronts photovoltaic (PV) power plant construction in our country. The PV power plant construction in industry falls into the capital-intensive enterprises with the feature of long-time development, substantial investment needed but relatively fixed income. Thereby, it is greatly appropriate for solar securitization to address the financing needs of the industry with its characteristic and realize diversified financing channels. In this paper, firstly, the feasibility and necessity of ABS financing for PV industry is discussed. Then, we elaborate the current four construction modes of PV power plant, namely, transfer of beneficial interest of power charge, credit increment of financing platform company, BOT (build-operate-transfer), and financing leasing, according to which the financial institution designs the asset-backed securities supported by the beneficial interest of the power plant. Further, we analyze the main problems and challenges of carrying out the ABS business. Countermeasures and suggestion ns are put forward finally.
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Harte, Reinhard, Markus Tschersich, Rüdiger Höffer, and Tarek Mekhail. "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTOTYPE SOLAR UPDRAFT CHIMNEY IN ASWAN/EGYPT." Acta Polytechnica 57, no. 3 (June 30, 2017): 167–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.14311/ap.2017.57.0167.

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This work is part of a joint project funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) of the Arab republic of Egypt and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Continuation of the use of fossil fuels in electricity production systems causes many problems such as: global warming, other environmental concerns, the depletion of fossil fuels reserves and continuing rise in the price of fuels. One of the most promising paths to solve the energy crisis is utilizing the renewable energy resources. In Egypt, high insolation and more than 90 percent available desert lands are two main factors that encourage the full development of solar power plants for thermal and electrical energy production. With an average temperature of about 40 °C for more than half of the year and average annual sunshine of about 3200 hours, which is close to the theoretical maximum annual sunshine hours, Aswan is one of the hottest and sunniest cities in the world. This climatic condition makes the city an ideal place for implementing solar energy harvesting projects from solar updraft tower. Therefore, a Solar Chimney Power Plant (SCPP) is being installed at Aswan City. The chimney height is 20.0 m, its diameter is 1.0m and the collector is a four-sided pyramid, which has a side length of 28.5 m. A mathematical model is used to predict its performance. The model shows that the plant can produce a maximum theoretical power of 2 kW. Moreover, a CFD code is used to analyse the temperature and velocity distribution inside the collector, turbine and chimney at different operating conditions. Static calculations, including dead weight and wind forces on the solar updraft chimney and its solar collector, have been performed for the prototype. Mechanical loading and ambient impact on highly used industrial structures such as chimneys and masts cause lifetime-related deteriorations. Structural degradations occur not only from rare extreme loading events, but often as a result of the ensemble of load effects during the life-time of the structure. A Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), framework for continuous monitoring, is implemented on the solar tower. For the ongoing case study, the types of impacts, the development of the strategic sensor positioning concept, examples of the initially obtained results and further prospects are discussed. Additional wind tunnel tests have been performed to investigate the flow situation underneath the solar collector and inside the transition section. The flow situation in and around the SCPP has been simulated by a combination of the wind tunnel flow and a second flow inside the solar tower. Different wind tunnel velocities and volume flow rates have been measured respectively. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements give some indication of the flow situation on the in- and outside of the solar tower and underneath the collector roof. Numerical simulations have been performed with the ANSYS Fluent to validate the experimental tests.
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Chow, T. T., G. N. Tiwari, and C. Menezo. "Hybrid Solar: A Review on Photovoltaic and Thermal Power Integration." International Journal of Photoenergy 2012 (2012): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/307287.

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The market of solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity generation is growing rapidly. New ideas on hybrid solar technology evolve for a wide range of applications, such as in buildings, processing plants, and agriculture. In the building sector in particular, the limited building space for the accommodation of solar devices has driven a demand on the use of hybrid solar technology for the multigeneration of active power and/or passive solar devices. The importance is escalating with the worldwide trend on the development of low-carbon/zero-energy buildings. Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) collector systems had been studied theoretically, numerically, and experimentally in depth in the past decades. Together with alternative means, a range of innovative products and systems has been put forward. The final success of the integrative technologies relies on the coexistence of robust product design/construction and reliable system operation/maintenance in the long run to satisfy the user needs. This paper gives a broad review on the published academic works, with an emphasis placed on the research and development activities in the last decade.
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Sinha, Parikhit, Beth Hoffman, John Sakers, and LynneDee Althouse. "Best Practices in Responsible Land Use for Improving Biodiversity at a Utility-Scale Solar Facility." Case Studies in the Environment 2, no. 1 (2018): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cse.2018.001123.

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Development of a utility-scale solar photovoltaic project involves management of various potential environmental impacts, including impacts on wildlife and habitat. Although solar facility construction activities do involve short-term disturbance, responsibly developed solar power plants can provide shelter, protection, and stable use of land to support biodiversity. Land use practices and their relationship to biodiversity are examined at one of the world’s largest solar facilities, the 550 MW Topaz Solar Farms project in San Luis Obispo County, CA, USA. Pre- and postconstruction biological monitoring data indicate similar to higher vegetation productivity on-site compared to reference sites. Postconstruction monitoring has documented the presence of dozens of wildlife species, including several with special conservation status. Best practices in responsible land use utilized in the Topaz project are specified in the categories of community, biology, water, design and construction, and end of life. These practices, as well as future solar project development innovations that reduce ground disturbance, can be applied to enhance biodiversity at other solar facilities.
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Zurita, Adriana, Carlos Mata-Torres, José M. Cardemil, Rafael Guédez, and Rodrigo A. Escobar. "Multi-objective optimal design of solar power plants with storage systems according to dispatch strategy." Energy 237 (December 2021): 121627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121627.

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Villasante, Cristóbal, Saioa Herrero, Marcelino Sánchez, Iñigo Pagola, Adrian Peña, David Olasolo, and Ana Bernardos. "Low-Cost Solar Electricity Using Stationary Solar Fields; Technology Potential and Practical Implementation Challenges to Be Overcome. Outcomes from H2020 MOSAIC Project." Energies 13, no. 7 (April 10, 2020): 1816. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13071816.

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At any time of the day, a spherical mirror reflects the rays coming from the sun along a line that points to the sun through the center of the sphere. This makes it possible to build concentrated solar power(CSP) plants with fixed solar fields and mobile receivers; that is, solar fields can be significantly cheaper and simpler, but challenging tracking systems for the mobile receiver need to be implemented. The cost-cutting possibilities for this technology have been under-researched. This article describes the MOSAIC concept, which aims to achieve low-cost solar energy by boosting the benefits of spherical reflectors while addressing their challenges. This new concept proposes to build large modular plants from semi-Fresnel solar bowls. One of these modules has been designed and is under construction in Spain. This article reports the main lessons learned during the design phase, describes the advantages and challenges of the concept, details the proposed routes to overcome them, and identifies the steps needed to develop a fully competitive industrial solution.
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Peng, Xinyue, Min Yao, Thatcher W. Root, and Christos T. Maravelias. "Design and analysis of concentrating solar power plants with fixed-bed reactors for thermochemical energy storage." Applied Energy 262 (March 2020): 114543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114543.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Solar power plants – Construction and design"

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Fernandez-Munoz, Raul. "Design of solar power plant with coupled thermal storage." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16722.

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Van, Dyk Cobus. "The realisation of the solar chimney inlet guide vanes." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50175.

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Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Up to this point in time research on the South African solar chimney, proposed for a site in the Northern Cape, comprised of determining the structural integrity of the chimney structure, as well as airflow calculation, finding the optimal shape for the airflow channels. Not much work had been done on the realisation of the foundation of the global structure, i.e. how the cardinal parts are optimized in an integrated system. The inlet guide vanes (IGV's) should be central in such research efforts, being the main support of gravitational and lateral wind load on the chimney structure, as well as its important role in channelling air and creating pre-swirl of the airflow onto the turbine blades. However, little detailed research - research to actually determine and fix the many variables of the IGV's and integration with surrounding parts - had been performed! In this thesis as many of these variables as possible are investigated - ranging from structural integrity with regard to compressive and shear strength through optimizing structure eigenfrequency to economic feasibility. The outcome of this study is conceptual solutions regarding the geometry of the IGV structures in order for it to support the chimney while minimizing material volume. Finite element methods are used to create insight into the behaviour of the IGV's and force transferring structures, incorporating external factors such as lateral wind and gravitational loadsto determine the optimal shape of these structures. This study is valuable for researchers on the solar chimney, serving as a reference from where to design and secure the variables of the global structure, and eventually building the solar chimney. Keywords: Solar chimney, inlet guide vanes, solar power, massive concrete structures, structural realisation, finite element application, structure optimisation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tot op hede het die navorsing op die Suid Afrikaanse sonskoorsteen, wat beplan word vir konstruksie in die Noordkaap, bestaan uit die bepaling van die integriteit van die struktuur asook lugvloei berekeninge om die optimale vorm van die lugvloei kanale te lewer. Min werk is gedoen om die fondasies van die globale struktuur, dus hoe die kardinale dele geïntegreer is in die gesamentlike sisteem, te ondersoek. Die inlaat lei lemme behoort sentraal te lê in sulke navorsingspogings aangesien dit die hoof ondersteuner en verspreider van gravitasie en laterale windlaste op die skoorsteen struktuur is. Dit speelook 'n integrale rol in die kanalisering van invloeiende lug om dit vooraf 'n vorteks beweging te gee vir 'n optimale invalshoek op die turbine lemme. Min gedetaileerde navorsing - navorsing om die verskeie onbekende faktore rondom die inlaat lei lemme en die omliggende strukture te bepaal - is tot op hede gedoen. Hierdie tesis mik om soveel moontlik van hierdie veranderlikes - wat reik van struktuur integriteit met betrekking tot die samedrukkings- en skuifsterktes in die materiaal tot die eie-frekwensies en ekonomiese vatbaarheid van die struktuur - vas te stel. Die uitkoms van hierdie studie is konseptueie oplossings vir die geometrie van die inlaat lei lem strukture wat terselfdertyd die totale struktuur se materiaal volume minimiseer. Eindige element metodes word gebruik om insig in die gedrag van die inlaat lei lemme en ander strukture wat krag oordra, te genereer. Die metodes inkorporeer soveel as moontlik van die eksterne faktore soos gravitasie en laterale windlas om die optimale geometrie vir die betrokke struktuur te bepaal. Hierdie studie is waardevol vir navorsers oor die sonskoorsteen en dien as 'n bron waaruit verdere ontwerp en die vasstel van veranderlikes in die globale struktuur gedoen kan word met die oog op die uiteindelike daarstelling van 'n sonskoorsteen.
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Kretzschmar, Holger. "The Hybrid Pressurized Air Receiver (HPAR) for combined cycle solar thermal power plants." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86377.

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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Concentrating solar power technology is a modern power generation technology in which central receiver systems play a significant role. For this technology a field of heliostats is used to reflect solar irradiation to the receiver located on top of the tower. An extensive review has shown that contemporary receiver designs face geometric complexities, lack of thermal efficiency as well as issues with durability and cost. The purpose of this study is to develop a new receiver concept that can potentially reduce these issues. A parametric analysis was used to identify potential means of improvement based on an energy balance approach including sensitivities involved with convection and radiation heat transfer. Design criteria such as the use of headers to minimize pressure drop was also investigated. Based on these findings the hybrid pressurized air receiver was developed which is a combination of tubular and volumetric receiver technologies. The fundamental idea of the receiver was investigated by simulating the ray-tracing and coupled natural convection and radiation heat transfer. The ray-tracing results have shown that the use of quartz glass is a prospective solution to higher allowable flux densities, but with reflection losses in the order of 7 %. The coupled natural convection heat transfer simulation further revealed that the receiver concept effectively eliminates the escape of buoyant plumes and radiative heat losses are minimized. Empirical data was gathered from a medium flux concentrator and good agreement with the numerical results was obtained. The thesis therefore concludes that the research outcomes were met. Ongoing research aims to optimise the receiver concept for a 5MW pilot plant.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gekonsentreerde sonkrag tegnologie is ’n moderne kragopwekkingstegnologie waar sentrale ontvangersisteme ’n beduidende rol speel. Vir hierdie tegnologie word ’n veld heliostate gebruik om sonstraling na die ontvanger wat aan die bopunt van die toring geleë is te reflekteer. ’n Omvattende hersiening het daarop gewys dat kontemporêre ontwerpe van die ontvangers ’n aantal geometriese kompleksiteite, ’n tekort aan termiese doeltreffendheid sowel as probleme in terme van duursaamheid en koste in die gesig staar. Die doel van die studie is om ’n nuwe ontvangerskonsep te ontwikkel wat moontlik hierdie probleme kan verminder. ’n Parametriese analise is gebruik om potensiële maniere van verbetering aan te dui wat gebaseer is op ’n energiebalans benadering; insluitend sensitiwiteite betrokke by konvektiewe en stralingswarmteoordrag. Ontwerpkriteria soos die gebruik van spruitstukke om drukverliese te minimaliseer is ook ondersoek. Gebaseer op hierdie bevindinge is die hibriede saamgepersde-lug ontvanger ontwikkel. Laasgenoemde is ’n kombinasie van buis- en volumetriese ontvangertegnologie. Die fundamentele idee van die ontvanger is ondersoek deur straalberekening asook die gelyktydige natuurlike konveksie en stralingswarmteoordrag te simuleer. Die straalberekeningsresultate het getoon dat die gebruik van kwarts glas ’n moontlike oplossing is om hoër stralingsintensiteit te bereik, maar met refleksieverliese in die orde van 7 %. Die gelyktydige natuurlike konveksie en stralingswarmteoordrag simulasie het verder aan die lig gebring dat die ontvangerkonsep die ontsnapping
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Beviss-Challinor, Lauren Margaret. "Design, build and test a passive thermal system for a loft : a roof solar chimney application for South African weather conditions." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/348.

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Thesis (MEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--Stellenbosch University, 2007.
ENGLISH: The design, construction and testing of a passive thermal system, a roof solar chimney, for a loft is considered. Unlike conventional solar chimneys the solar collector is constructed from corrugated iron roof sheets with the aim that it can be integrated into existing buildings at a lower cost or used in low cost housing developments. The main objective of the study was to determine the feasibility of such low-cost design to regulate thermal conditions in a loft, that is heating the loft during winter and enhancing natural ventilation during summer, by carrying out an experimental and analytical study. The results obtained from the experimental study showed that for winter the solar chimney, having a channel width, depth and length of 0.7 m, 0.1 m and 1.8 m respectively and with a peal solar radiation of 850 W/m², heated the room air 5°C higher than the ambient temperature during the hottest periods of the day, which is only marginally better than a loft with conventional roof insulation. At night, it was found that reverse airflow occurred through the chimney, cooling the loft down to ambient temperature, due to radiation heat loss from the roof collector to the night sky. For summer operation, the experimental data showed that the chimney was able to maintain the loft at ambient temperature and the analytical study found that the chimney was able to enhance natural ventilation effectively, reaching air exchange rate of 6.6 per hour for the 4.6 m³ volume space. It was also found that the chimney’s performance dropped rapidly and significantly during periods of low solar radiation and at night. A sensitivity analysis illustrated that for both summer and winter operation, the size, tilt angle and absorptivity of the roof collector greatly effected the efficiency and mass flow rates of the system, agreeing well with other literature. These results prove that this low cost solar chimney cooling design was feasible to enhance natural ventilation mainly during hot summer conditions with high solar radiation. Compared to a loft with only conventional roof insulation, the chimney did not perform effectively during the winter to heat the loft up, meaning that winter operation for this specific design is not feasible. Possible improvements to the design include using construction materials with higher thermal capacities to retain heat energy and ensure continued operation during periods of low solar radiation, as well as using selective absorber coatings on the collector surface. It is recommended that further work on the project include the integration of these improvements into the present design and to use the findings obtained from the sensitivity analysis to improve system efficiencies. CFD analysis of the test-rig will be insightful as an additional means to validate and compare with the analytical and experimental data obtained in this report. With the continuation of these studies, this low-cost solar chimney design can be optimised, validated on a commercial scale and built into existing and new housing developments. Incorporating such a passive thermal device will aid homeowners in air regulation and thermal comfort of their living space as well as saving on energy requirements.
Sponsored by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, Stellenbosch University
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Malan, Karel Johan. "A heliostat field control system." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86674.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The ability of concentrating solar power (CSP) to efficiently store large amounts of energy sets it apart from other renewable energy technologies. However, cost reduction and improved efficiency is required for it to become more economically viable. Significant cost reduction opportunities exist, especially for central receiver system (CRS) technology where the heliostat field makes up 40 to 50 per cent of the total capital expenditure. CRS plants use heliostats to reflect sunlight onto a central receiver. Heliostats with high tracking accuracy are required to realize high solar concentration ratios. This enables high working temperatures for efficient energy conversion. Tracking errors occur mainly due to heliostat manufacturing-, installation- and alignment tolerances, but high tolerance requirements generally increase cost. A way is therefore needed to improve tracking accuracy without increasing tolerance requirements. The primary objective of this project is to develop a heliostat field control system within the context of a 5MWe CRS pilot plant. The control system has to govern the tracking movement of all heliostats in the field and minimize errors over time. A geometric model was developed to characterize four deterministic sources of heliostat tracking errors. A prototype system comprising 18 heliostats was constructed to function as a scaled down subsection of the pilot plant heliostat field and to validate the chosen control method and system architecture. Periodic measurements of individual heliostats’ tracking offsets were obtained using a camera and optical calibration target combined with image processing techniques. Mathematical optimization was used to estimate model coefficients to best fit the measured error offsets. Real-time tracking error corrections were performed by each heliostat’s local controller unit to compensate for a combination of error sources. Experimental tracking measurements were performed using the prototype system. Daily open-loop RMS tracking errors below one milliradian were obtained, thereby satisfying the project’s primary objective. The thesis concludes that high tracking accuracy can be achieved using the control method proposed here. This could potentially lead to a reduction in heliostat cost, thereby lowering the levelised cost of electricity for CRS plants.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gekonsentreerde sonkrag se vermoë om groot hoeveelhede energie effektief te stoor onderskei dit van ander hernubare energie tegnologieë. Kostebesparing en hoër effektiwiteit word egter vereis om dit ekonomies meer lewensvatbaar te maak. Beduidende kostebesparingsgeleenthede bestaan wel, spesifiek vir tegnologieë vir sentraal-ontvangerstelsels (central receiver system (CRS)) waar die heliostaatveld 40 tot 50 persent van die totale kapitaalbestedings uitmaak. CRS aanlegte gebruik heliostate om sonlig op ’n sentrale ontvanger te reflekteer. Heliostate met ’n hoë volgingsakkuraatheid word vereis om hoë sonkragkonsentrasieverhoudings te laat realiseer. Dit maak hoë werkstemperature moontlik vir effektiewe energie-omsetting. Volgingsfoute kom hoofsaaklik voor a.g.v. die heliostaat se vervaardigings-, installasie- en instellingstoleransies, maar hoë toleransie-vereistes verhoog gewoonlik die koste. Daar is dus ’n manier nodig om volgingsakkuraatheid te verbeter sonder om die toleransie-vereistes te verhoog. Die primêre doel van hierdie projek is om ’n heliostaat aanleg kontrole-stelsel te ontwikkel binne die konteks van ’n 5 MWe CRS toetsaanleg. Die kontrole-stelsel moet die volgingsbeweging van al die heliostate in die aanleg bestuur en ook met verloop van tyd volgingsfoute verminder. ’n Geometriese model is ontwikkel om die vier bepalende bronne van heliostaat volgingsfoute te karakteriseer. ’n Prototipe stelsel met 18 heliostate is gebou om as ’n funksionele skaalmodel van die toetsaanleg heliostaatveld te dien en om die gekose kontrole-metode en stelselargitektuur geldig te verklaar. Periodieke metings van die individuele heliostate se volgingsafwykings is verkry deur ’n kamera en optiese kalibrasie teiken te kombineer met beeldprosesseringstegnieke. Wiskundige optimering is gebruik om die model se koëffisiënte te skat om die beste passing te bepaal vir die gemete foutafwykings. Intydse volgingsfoutregstellings is deur elke heliostaat se plaaslike beheereenheid gedoen om te vergoed vir ’n kombinasie van foutbronne. Eksperimentele volgingsmetings is uitgevoer met die prototipestelsel. Daaglikse ooplus RMS volgingsfoute onder een milliradiaan is verkry, en sodoende is die projek se primêre doel behaal. Die tesis maak die gevolgtrekking dat hoë volgingsakkuraatheid behaal kan word deur die gebruik van die beheer-metode soos hier voorgestel. Dit kan potensieel bydra tot kostebesparing in die heliostaatveld van CRS aanlegte om sodoende die geykte koste van elektrisiteit te verminder.
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Stalin, Maria Jebamalai Joseph. "Receiver Design Methodology for Solar Tower Power Plants." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-192664.

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Centrala solmottagarsystem (CRS) är på frammarsch på grund av deras höga koncentrationsfaktor och höga potential att minska kostnaderna genom att öka kapacitetsfaktorn av solkraftanläggningar med lagring. I CRS kraftanläggningar är solljuset fokuserat på mottagaren genom arrangemanget av tusentals speglar för att omvandla solstrålning till värme för att driva värmecykler. Solmottagare används för att överföra värmeflux från solen till arbetsmediet. Generellt arbetar solmottagare i driftpunkter med hög temperatur och därför genereras strålningsförluster. Vidare har solmottagaren en betydande påverkan på den totala kostnaden för kraftverket. Således har konstruktion och modellering av mottagaren en signifikant påverkan på kraftanläggningseffektivitet och kostnad. Målet med detta examensarbete är att utveckla en designmetodik för att beräkna geometrin hos solmottagaren och dess verkningsgrad. Denna designmetodik riktar sig främst till stora kraftverk i området 100 MWe, men även skalbarheten av designmetoden har studerats. Den utvecklade konstruktionsmetoden implementerades i in-house designverktyg devISEcrs som även integrerar andra moduler som modellerar solspegelfält, lagring och kraftblocket för att beräkna den totala kraftverksverkningsgraden. Designmodeller för de andra komponenterna är delvis redan implementerade, men de är modifierade och/eller utvidgade för att integrera den nya CRS mottagarmodellen. Slutligen har hela mottagarmodellen validerats genom att jämföra resultaten med testdata från litteraturen.
Central Receiver Systems (CRS) are gaining momentum because of their high concentration and high potential to reduce costs by means of increasing the capacity factor of the plant with storage. In CRS plants, sunlight is focused onto the receiver by the arrangement of thousands of mirrors to convert the solar radiation into heat to drive thermal cycles. Solar receivers are used to transfer the heat flux received from the solar field to the working fluid. Generally, solar receivers work in a high-temperature environment and are therefore subjected to different heat losses. Also, the receiver has a notable impact on the total cost of the power plant. Thus, the design and modelling of the receiver has a significant influence on efficiency and the cost of the plant. The goal of the master thesis is to develop a design methodology to calculate the geometry of the receiver and its efficiency. The design methodology is mainly aimed at large-scale power plants in the range of 100 MWe, but also the scalability of the design method has been studied. The developed receiver design method is implemented in the in-house design tool devISEcrs and also it is integrated with other modules like solar field, storage and power block to calculate the overall efficiency of the power plant. The design models for other components are partly already implemented, but they are modified and/or extended according to the requirements of CRS plants. Finally, the entire receiver design model is validated by comparing the results of test cases with the data from the literature.
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Low, Yee Weng. "Techno-economic model for designing marine and offshore power generating systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/15868.

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Tang, Qianjun. "Design of the Communication and Control Systems for Robotic Cleaning and Inspection of Solar Power Plants." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42274.

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The aim of this research is to design the communications monitoring and control functionalities of an energy-efficient, scalable system, capable of supporting robotic cleaning and fault detection of photovoltaic panels, deployed in solar electric power generation plants. The communication functionality is implemented by using a wireless sensor network (WSN) deployed over the photovoltaic energy production plant’s area. The network is designed to support the communication needs of static-sensing nodes as well as moving robotic units. It transports sensing data and commands between end units and the monitoring and control entity of the electric energy generation plant. Having robotic units replace humans in the cleaning and inspection tasks not only reduces the operational cost of the plant, but also results in increased energy production. Several innovations were necessary to achieve our objective, which are presented in this dissertation. A working prototype of the cleaning robotic system was built and tested in a solar power plant for a duration of 6 month. The prototyping was done in collaboration of Tipot technology.
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Storgärd, Per. "Grid Optimization Of Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Plants : Case Study Of Internal Grid Connections." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-319385.

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Hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) have proven to be a more stable and feasible source of energy than heir single source counterparts. The benefit of HRES is their ability to balance the stochastic behavior of wind and solar production. As result of this, they have been used as stand-alone systems with great success. Optimization studies in the field have shown optimum sizing of the components in the system to be a key element in order to increase feasibility. This paper focuses on the HRES impact on internal grid design and cost. The goal of the thesis is to create a mathematical function and graph on the internal grid design/cost relation for a virtual site with varying wind speed and solar irradiation. A secondary goal is to analyze how much Photovoltaics (PV) in Megawatt (MW) that can be connected to the internal grid post realization of the wind farm and to performed this analyze on the two specific case projects, Site A (17.25 MW) in Sweden and Site B (51.75 MW) in Italy. By utilizing a case study methodology, a mathematical model was created based on two case projects, both with potential to be a combined Wind-PV hybrid plants provided by the wind developer OX2. Identifiers for the two cases studied in this thesis where removed with respect to OX2’s ongoing projects. Hybrid renewable energy systems is a method of increasing the utilization of a regions RES, the system has an increase in overall power output compared to the single RES alternative. However, the internal grid cost was shown to be 3.85 % more expensive Site A and 5.3 % in Site B. This stood in direct correlation to the HRES in Site A using 8.6 % more cable for its internal grid and 29.7 % more in Site B, this is highly depending (depending on the location of the PV array). Furthermore, the case projects showed that the maximum PV to be connected post realization of the farm without major curtailment would be 11.5% of the wind farms rated power in the case of site A and 67.6 % in the case of Site B. Variations in wind speed and solar irradiation were shown to have some impact on grid cost. However, the results pointed out that grid cost in HRES is to a higher degree affected by total cable length in the internal grid than fluctuation in available energy sources. The extent of increase in cable length, the total grid investment cost rises up to 53.4 % for the two case projects.
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Kamanzi, Janvier. "Thermal electric solar power conversion panel development." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2527.

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Thesis (DTech (Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.
The world has been experiencing energy-related problems following pressuring energy demands which go along with the global economy growth. These problems can be phrased in three paradoxical statements: Firstly, in spite of a massive and costless solar energy, global unprecedented energy crisis has prevailed, resulting in skyrocketing costs. Secondly, though the sun releases a clean energy, yet conventional plants are mainly being run on unclean energy sources despite their part in the climate changes and global warming. Thirdly, while a negligible percentage of the solar energy is used for power generation purposes, it is not optimally exploited since more than its half is wasted in the form of heat which contributes to lowering efficiency of solar cells and causes their premature degradation and anticipated ageing. The research is geared at addressing the issue related to unsatisfactory efficiencies and anticipated ageing of solar modules. The methodology adopted to achieve the research aim consisted of a literature survey which in turn inspired the devising of a high-efficiency novel thermal electric solar power panel. Through an in-depth overview, the literature survey outlined the rationale of the research interest, factors affecting the performance of PVs as well as existing strategies towards addressing spotted shortcomings. While photovoltaic (PV) panels could be identified as the most reliable platform for sunlight-to-electricity conversion, they exhibit a shortcoming in terms of following the sun so as to maximize exposure to sunlight which negatively affects PVs’ efficiencies in one hand. On the other hand, the inability of solar cells to reflect the unusable heat energy present in the sunlight poses as a lifespan threat. Strategies and techniques in place to track the sun and keep PVs in nominal operational temperatures were therefore reviewed.
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Books on the topic "Solar power plants – Construction and design"

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Solar power in building design: The engineer's complete design reource. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

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J, Gretz, Strub A. S, Skinrood A, and Commission of the European Communities., eds. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Design, Construction, and Operation of Solar Central Receiver Projects, Varese, Italy, 4-8 June 1984. Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel for the Commission of the European Communities, 1985.

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Power plant design. New York: Abacus Press, 1990.

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Meiswinkel, Rüdiger, Julian Meyer, and Jürgen Schnell. Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783433602775.

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Large scale solar power systems: Construction and economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Wind and solar power systems: Design, analysis, and operation. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2006.

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Paul, Priddy A., ed. Power plant system design. New York: Wiley, 1985.

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J, Twele, ed. Wind power plants: Fundamentals, design, construction and operation. Berlin: Solarpraxis AG, 2002.

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Gasch, R., and J. Twele. Wind power plants: Fundamentals, design, construction and operation. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2012.

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Potter, Philip J. Power plant theory and design. 2nd ed. Malabar, Fla: R.E. Krieger, 1988.

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Cavalleri, P., V. Bedogni, and A. di Meglio. "Relevant Aspects in the Design and Construction of the Advanced Sodium Receiver ASR for the IEA-SSPS Central Receiver System Plant (Almeria — Spain)." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 155–61. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_24.

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Moukhtar, Ibrahim, Adel Z. El Dein, Adel A. Elbaset, and Yasunori Mitani. "Solar Power Plants Design." In Solar Energy, 29–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61307-5_2.

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Selvage, C. S. "Lessons Learned: Considerations for New Design." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 317–22. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_47.

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Karrais, B., and R. Kochendörfer. "Low Tension Stress Design for a Glass Receiver Concept." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 396–403. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_58.

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Pereira, Geraldo Magela. "Construction planning." In Design of Hydroelectric Power Plants – Step by Step, 407–29. London: CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003161325-12.

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Ikeda, N., T. Tani, and T. Horigome. "Conceptional Design of Solar Thermal Electric Power Plant with Optical Fibers and Channels." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 390–95. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_57.

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Yoshikawa, H., and N. Ikeda. "Conceptional Design of Solar Power Plant with Central Receiver Tower Based on Improved Heliostats." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 86–91. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_13.

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Yoshikawa, H., and N. Ikeda. "Evaluation of Sodium and Steam System Design for the Solar Power Plant with Central Receiver Tower." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 194–99. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_30.

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Maffezzoni, C. "The Concept of the Integrated Design of Process, Control and Operation in Solar Central Receiver Plants." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 215–20. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_33.

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De Benedetti, A., and C. Sala. "The Advanced Sodium Receiver (ASR) for the IEA/SSPS Central Tower Plant: Operative Conditions, Control System Design and Performances." In Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants, 200–208. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_31.

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Conference papers on the topic "Solar power plants – Construction and design"

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Gallego, José F., Elena Gil, and Pablo Rey. "Benefits of full scope simulators during solar thermal power plants design and construction." In SOLARPACES 2016: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. Author(s), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4984544.

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Topel, Monika, Mårten Lundqvist, Fredrik Haglind, and Björn Laumert. "Towards prioritizing flexibility in the design and construction of concentrating solar power plants." In SOLARPACES 2016: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. Author(s), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4984413.

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Spelling, James, Björn Laumert, and Torsten Fransson. "A Comparative Thermoeconomic Study of Hybrid Solar Gas-Turbine Power Plants." In ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2013-94046.

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The construction of the first generation of commercial hybrid solar gas-turbine power plants will present the designer with a large number of choices. To assist decision making, a thermoeconomic study has been performed for three different power plant configurations, namely simple- and combined-cycles as well as simple-cycle with the addition of thermal energy storage. Multi-objective optimization has been used to identify Pareto-optimal designs and highlight the trade-offs between minimizing investment costs and minimizing specific CO2 emissions. The solar hybrid combined-cycle plant provides a 60% reduction in electricity cost compared to parabolic trough power plants at annual solar shares up to 20%. The storage integrated designs can achieve much higher solar shares and provide a 7–13% reduction in electricity costs at annual solar shares up to 90%. At the same time, the water consumption of the solar gas-turbine systems is significantly lower than conventional steam-cycle based solar power plants.
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Canada, Scott, Doug A. Brosseau, and Henry Price. "Design and Construction of the APS 1-MWe Parabolic Trough Power Plant." In ASME 2006 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2006-99139.

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Arizona Public Service (APS) is currently installing and operating new power facilities to generate a portion of its electricity from solar resources that will satisfy its obligation under the Arizona Environmental Portfolio Standard. During FY04, APS began construction on a 1-MWe parabolic trough concentrating solar power plant. Site preparation and construction activities continued throughout FY05 and early FY06. Construction was completed and initial startup occurred by the end of December 2005. Full power production and initial performance monitoring and evaluation will occur early in 2006. This project is the first commercial deployment of parabolic trough collector technology developed by Solargenix Energy, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina. The plant, located near Red Rock, Arizona, uses an organic Rankine cycle power plant by Ormat, which is much simpler than conventional steam Rankine cycles and allows unattended operation of the facility. APS has teamed with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories (collectively called SunLab), along with Nexant, Inc. to support design and startup activities and performance assessment. SunLab has developed TRNSYS models of the plant and will utilize initial performance baseline data to validate the models. Eventually, those models will be used to determine whether a proposed thermocline energy storage system designed by Nexant, Inc. is technically and economically feasible for this plant. SunLab has also assisted APS with development of an O&M database using the Maximo system to track solar plant costs and component failure modes.
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Yaghoubi, M., K. Azizian, M. Salim Shirazy, and P. Kanan. "Shiraz Solar Power Plant Simulation With Variable Heat Exchanger Performance." In ASME 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2004-58537.

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There are many applications for solar energy from which the solar thermal utilization has received great consideration in the past decades. Among various solar systems, electricity generation is studied and several commercial plants around the world have been installed. In Iran for the first time an investigation is made to find possible applications of solar energy to construct the first 250 kW solar power plant in Shiraz. The plant is designed to generate electricity continuously to be feed to the national grid. For such plant a hybride-Rankine system which contains two cycles of hot oil and steam is selected. The collectors used are parabolic trough 25 m length, 3.4 m wide with 0.88 m focal length. Previous studies of the oil cycle and steam cycle is carried out for certain design conditions. Based on the limitation of construction, it was found that a new simulation is needed to find out the effect of heat exchangers performances on the overall power plant electricity generation rate. Regarding new conditions, the daily and yearly performance of the power plant is determined and results are compared with initial analysis. It is found that the system performances can be improved with new set point design conditions.
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Zachary, Justin. "Design and Selection of Turbo-Machinery for Solar and Geothermal Power Plants." In ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2010-22314.

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Several important sources of renewable energy, such as biomass, concentrated solar panels, waste heat, geothermal, or tidal, use different types of turbo-machinery for conversion to electrical power. The diverse nature of the heat sources and their cyclic behavior make the design of the turbo-machinery power generation equipment quite different than that of the steam turbines used in conventional power plants. The high capital cost of these renewable facilities and the limited hours of operation are powerful drivers to increase the turbo-machinery efficiency. The paper reviews the state-of-the-art hardware designs for each application from an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) Contractor’s perspective. Specifically for geothermal power, the discussion covers the application of working fluids other than steam, organic fluid, various mixtures of fluids etc. The benefits and limitations of each method are addressed, along with the impact of geothermal source flow and temperature on the cycle efficiency. The paper also covers the special requirements for single- and multiple-stage arrangements for geothermal applications. For concentrated thermal solar either in high-temperature applications, such as the power tower, or in medium-temperature applications, such as the solar troughs collector field, the paper addresses the unique requirements for performance, integration, and fast startup of the turbines, including the impact of various thermal storage options. Since most of the concentrated thermal solar applications are in arid regions, the paper discusses the heat sink selection (air-cooled condenser [ACC], hybrid, Heller tower, etc.) and how it impacts the plant design and performance. In conclusion, the paper deals with practical issues of achieving a balance between the economics of generation and cost of equipment and reliability for renewable power plants.
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Spelling, James, and Björn Laumert. "Thermoeconomic Evaluation of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Hybridization Options for Combined-Cycle Power Plants." In ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2014-25173.

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The hybridization of combined-cycle power plants with solar energy is an attractive means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from gas-based power generation. However, the construction of the first generation of commercial hybrid power plants will present the designer with a large number of choices. To assist decision making, a thermoeconomic study has been performed for three different hybrid power plant configurations, including both solar thermal and photovoltaic hybridization options. Solar photovoltaic combined-cycle power plants were shown to be able to integrate up to 63 % solar energy on an annual basis, whereas hybrid gas-turbine combined-cycle systems provide the lowest cost of solar electricity, with costs only 2.1 % higher than a reference, unmodified combined-cycle power plant. The integrated solar combined-cycle configuration has been shown to be economically unattractive.
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Campbell, Mark R., Marc Newmarker, Nathaniel Lewis, Christopher T. George, and Gilbert Cohen. "Design of a Modular Latent Heat Storage System for Solar Thermal Power Plants." In ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2011-54426.

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Thermal energy storage systems designed to use phase change material can benefit from accounting for the reduction in heat transfer that results from fouling on the heat transfer surface or employing a system to minimize the amount of build-up on the heat transfer surface. This paper describes the modeling and design of a modular latent heat thermal energy storage system that can use an internal heat exchanger and a mechanical system to increase heat transfer to and from the phase change material. Theoretical heat transfer modeling of a 100 kWht storage system was performed, candidate phase change materials were tested, and mechanical material removal experiments were conducted. The results of this work led to a design that is in construction and will be operated in the future. The system is predicted to be capable of reaching 93% round trip efficiency while providing 2 hours of discharge at a nearly constant temperature.
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Zachary, Justin, Natasha Jones, and Aslan Golant. "Concentrated Solar Thermal Downstream of the Solar Field: Design and Optimization of the Associated Power Generation Cycle." In ASME 2011 Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2011-46487.

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While major design efforts are dedicated to the development and improvement of solar energy collection technologies, the downstream power generation cycle is often considered a straightforward exercise. The diverse nature of the heat sources and their cyclic behavior make the design of the turbo-machinery and associated balance-of-plant equipment for solar plants quite different from the design for use in conventional fired power plants. The high capital cost of these renewable energy facilities and the limited hours of operation are powerful drivers to increase equipment efficiency and reduce the startup time. This paper reviews the state of the art regarding hardware selection and design considerations for tower, trough, and Fresnel solar thermal technologies from an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor’s perspective. It also describes the benefits and limitations of each method and the impact of flow and temperature on cycle efficiency. In particular, it addresses the turbine design challenges for repeated fast startups and plant size optimization. Special emphasis is given to heat sink design in consideration of water scarcity. In conclusion, the paper provides recommendations for achieving a balance between the economics of generation and cost of equipment and reliability for the downstream power generation system.
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Pacheco, James E. "eSolar’s Modular Concentrating Solar Power Tower Plant and Construction of the Sierra Solar Generating Station." In ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 Conferences. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2009-90475.

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eSolar has developed a cost-effective, utility-scale solar power tower plant that uses mass-manufactured components which are designed for modularity, rapid deployment and construction, and are easily scalable. eSolar’s design for a full commercial power tower plant consists of 16 receiver-heliostat field modules that generate superheated steam to power a 46 MWe turbine. Each receiver-heliostat field module comprises a north and south rectangular-shaped subfield that reflects concentrated sunlight onto a receiver located between the subfields. The receiver absorbs the concentrated sunlight in a dual cavity. It is a natural-circulation boiler consisting of economizer, evaporator, and superheater panels. A steam drum separates the saturated steam, which is superheated in the superheater panels of the receiver. The steam flows to a turbine generator to produce electricity. After passing through the turbine, the steam is condensed and returns to the cycle. Heat from the condenser is rejected by a wet cooling tower. eSolar is constructing the Sierra Solar Generating Station in Lancaster, California to demonstrate its technology. This power tower plant consists of two full-scale receiver-heliostat fields that can produce 5 MWe. This project will demonstrate the full functionality of two receiver-heliostat field modules coupled with a small Rankine-cycle turbine.
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O'Connell, J. Michael. Development of Advanced Technologies to Reduce Design, Fabrication and Construction for Future Nuclear Power Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/766416.

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DiNunzio, Camillo A., Abhinav Gupta, Michael Golay, Vincent Luk, Rich Turk, Charles Morrow, and Geum-Taek Jin. Development of Advanced Technologies to Reduce Design, Fabrication and Construction Costs for Future Nuclear Power Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/805265.

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Long, R. C. The design, construction, and monitoring of photovoltaic power system and solar thermal system on the Georgia Institute of Technology Aquatic Center. Volume 1. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/656880.

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