Effect of regenerator on the direct steam generation solar power system characterized by prolonged thermal storage and stable power conversion

Pengcheng Li, Qing Cao, Jing Li, Yandong Wang, Gang Pei, Cai Gao, Hongling Zhao and Xunfen Liu

Renewable Energy, 2020, vol. 159, issue C, 1099-1116

Abstract: The direct steam generation (DSG) solar power system using two stage accumulators and cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (RC-ORC) has remarkably enlarged storage capacity. It can facilitate stable power generation and address the challenges of conventional DSG systems. Regenerator is generally an issue worthy of discussion in organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems. However, its influence on the newly proposed DSG system has not been investigated yet and is expected to be appreciable. Introducing a regenerator affects not only the ORC efficiency, RC-ORC efficiency, heat exchanger area, but also heat storage capacity, discharge duration, discharge efficiency, aperture area of collectors and the net profit (ΔP). Detailed performance comparison between the DSG systems without/with regenerator is carried out in this paper. The results indicate that at a given power output, aperture area is reduced by the regenerator especially for MM, R365mfc and pentane due to the increment in ORC, RC-ORC and discharge efficiencies, as well as the decrement in heat input. Discharge duration is shortened by 0.01–1.78 h depending on ORC fluids. R365mfc exhibits the maximum ΔP (4.19∼6.48 million USD), followed by MM and pentane. On the contrary, ΔP is negative for benzene (−5.61∼-4.31 million USD).

Keywords: Regenerator; Direct steam generation; Heat exchanger area; Heat storage capacity; Net profit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.037

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