Modelled annual thermal performance of a 50MWth refractory-lined particle-laden solar receiver operating above 1000°C

Muhammad M. Rafique, Graham Nathan and Woei Saw

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 197, issue C, 1081-1093

Abstract: The paper reports on the thermal performance of the sub-system for a solar thermal particle technology used to generate high temperature air, including refractory-lined particle-laden receiver, particle separator, particle storage and particle feeder. These assessments are made with a transient mathematical model developed to calculate the heat and mass transfer within the cavity of the receiver together with the thermal losses to the surroundings, incorporating the influence of solar transients during start-up, turndown or shutdown periods. New insights are provided of the influences of the variables of refractory configuration and of the potential operating controller parameters to manage the influence of solar variability on the annual thermal performance of the system, considering the useful thermal gain of hot air. The model is further used to advance the understanding of the sensitivity of the thermal performance to the mass flow rate of inlet air and mass loading of particles in the receiver on the sensible energy harnessed. The influence of the returned air temperature on the receiver thermal performance is also assessed, to provide insights on the suitability of the present configuration to re-heat already hot air in a CST system. Further to this, the thermal outputs are compared with available CFD data for this configuration, and with that reported for a cavity reactor, to provide information on the model validation.

Keywords: Concentrated solar thermal; Refractory-linings; Particle-laden flow; High temperature receivers; Solar vortex receiver; Annual thermal performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.111

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