Design and analysis of a concentrated solar power-based system with hydrogen production for a resilient community

Mert Temiz and Ibrahim Dincer

Energy, 2024, vol. 307, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates how to improve the utilization of solar energy in concentrated solar power plants for multi-tasked operation, including hydrogen production. In this regard, an integrated energy system with multiple power generation stages is developed to utilize heat from concentrated solar collector with molten salt thermal energy storage system. The two-stage steam Rankine cycle and organic Rankine cycle are used as power generation cycles in order to utilize heat from the molten salt at different temperature levels, which improves source utilization for power generation. Continuous energy supply is considered a crucial challenge for renewables, which can be achieved by diversifying the source or adding energy storage. The current study uses two different energy storage methods to ensure the continuous energy supply to achieve self-sufficiency as well for the community. Hydrogen energy subsystem is the second energy storage within the integrated system, which is the secondary energy storage that is used if heat is not sufficient to drive the power generation cycles. In order to make decisions for a better source utilization, ensure continuous power supply, and facilitate the operations of the components and energy storage subsystems according to the loads and source availability, an operational decision-making strategy is developed and applied within the spreadsheet model. In order to test the proposed system and the developed algorithm, a time-dependent analysis is carried out where hourly community load and hourly source data are employed. The analyses are carried out using the first and second laws of thermodynamics, primarily through energy and exergy aspects. The power cycle can generate power from heat within the temperature range of 160°C and 500°C, in between 6.12% and 37.2% of heat to power energy conversion efficiency. The overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the integrated system are found to be 31.29% and19.71% by considering the average meteorological data.

Keywords: Solar energy; Hydrogen; Hydrogen storage; Energy storage; Sustainability; Energy; Exergy; Efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132628

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