An evaluation of thermodynamic solar plants with cylindrical parabolic collectors and air turbine engines with open Joule–Brayton cycle

Vittorio Ferraro and Valerio Marinelli

Energy, 2012, vol. 44, issue 1, 862-869

Abstract: A performance analysis of innovative solar plants operating with cylindrical parabolic collectors and atmospheric air as heat transfer fluid in an open Joule–Brayton cycle, with and without intercooling and regeneration, is presented.

Keywords: Cylindrical parabolic collectors; Air turbine engines; Joule–Brayton cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.005

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