An improved model to evaluate thermodynamic solar plants with cylindrical parabolic collectors and air turbine engines in open Joule–Brayton cycle

Vittorio Ferraro, Francesco Imineo and Valerio Marinelli

Energy, 2013, vol. 53, issue C, 323-331

Abstract: An improved model to analyze the performance of solar plants operating with cylindrical parabolic collectors and atmospheric air as heat transfer fluid in an open Joule–Brayton cycle is presented. In the new model, the effect of the incident angle modifier is included, to take into account the variation of the optical efficiency with the incidence angle of the irradiance, and the effect of the reheating of the fluid also has been studied.

Keywords: Cylindrical parabolic collectors; Air turbine engines; Joule–Brayton cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.02.051

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