A novel direct steam generation system based on the high-vacuum insulated flat plate solar collector

Datong Gao, Jing Li, Xiao Ren, Tianxiang Hu and Gang Pei

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 197, issue C, 966-977

Abstract: Process steam is an important product in the industrial sector but the traditional steam boiler will lead to tremendous fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The non-concentrating solar collectors have a huge potential for process steam generation but their application potential has not been fully explored. In this paper, a high-efficient evacuated flat plate solar collector used for direct steam generation is proposed. Its thermal performance in both direct steam generation mode and pressurization water mode is presented via experiment test and a validated numerical model. The results indicate that the direct steam generation mode can obtain a 10% enhancement (absolute value) of the thermal efficiency compared with the pressurization water mode. The thermal radiant losses of the solar collector can be suppressed and the heat transfer coefficient of the working fluid can also be elevated. Furthermore, a dual-mode evacuated flat plate solar system is proposed to produce thermal energy for space heating in the heating season and generate steam in the non-heating season, thereby solving the solar seasonal mismatch problem for the traditional solar thermal heating system. The comparison with the state-of-the-art study manifests that the dual-mode system proposed in this paper has better performance all year round.

Keywords: Direct steam generation; Solar collector; Solar energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.102

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