Optimum design and performance of a solar dish microturbine using tailored component characteristics

Giacomo Gavagnin, Sergio Rech, David Sánchez and Andrea Lazzaretto

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 231, issue C, 660-676

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to find the optimum design and performance of solar microturbines powered by parabolic dish collectors using an innovative methodology which integrates the design and off-design models of the total system. In contrast to the common practice of assigning an estimated efficiency to the engine turbomachinery (generalized performance maps), the procedure hereinafter produces the specific geometry and the characteristic maps of compressor and turbine, according to their inlet/outlet thermodynamic states and working cycle boundary conditions.

Keywords: Microturbine; Solar dish; Volumetric cavity receiver; Design and off-design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.140

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