Techno-economic comparison between CSP plants presenting two different heat transfer fluids

S. Sau, N. Corsaro, T. Crescenzi, D’Ottavi, C., R. Liberatore, S. Licoccia, V. Russo, P. Tarquini and A.C. Tizzoni

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 168, issue C, 96-109

Abstract: The employment of parabolic trough solar power plants (PT-CSP) for electrical power and process heat generation is one of the most promising technologies for carbon free energy production. The selection of thermal fluids, both for the heat transfer (heat transfer fluid, HTF) and the storage (heat storage material, HSM), is a crucial point for increasing CSP efficiency and cost effectiveness. In this paper two different PT-CSP configurations, both presenting a double tanks storage system, are compared.

Keywords: CSP; Parabolic trough; Low melting thermal fluids; Heat transfer fluids; Techno-economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.066

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