Techno-economic analysis of a concentrating solar collector with built-in shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage

Qiyuan Li, S. Saeed Mostafavi Tehrani and Robert A. Taylor

Energy, 2017, vol. 121, issue C, 220-237

Abstract: In this paper, the feasibility of a medium temperature, low profile concentrated solar thermal collector integrated with latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) is investigated. The proposed modular integrated collector storage (ICS) system consists of six solar receiver units and seven cylindrical shell and tube LHTES tanks. By implementing an innovative optical concentration assembly and an internal linear tracking mechanism, the collector can concentrate beam radiation to the tube receivers during the highest flux hours of a day without any external or rotational motion. The collector's efficiency correlations were obtained experimentally and its integrated performance – with the LHTES units – was evaluated numerically.

Keywords: Solar thermal; Concentrating collector; Integrated collector storage; Latent heat thermal energy storage; Industrial process; Techno-economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.023

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