User's guide for MIRVAL: a computer code for comparing designs of heliostat-receiver optics for central receiver solar power plants

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
P L Leary ◽  
J D Hankins
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants

Operation of Large-Scale Pumps and Valves in Molten Salt

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Smith ◽  
E. E. Rush ◽  
C. W. Matthews ◽  
J. M. Chavez ◽  
P. A. Bator
Keyword(s):  
Molten Salt ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Thermal Test ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Careful Design

The molten salt pump and valve (P&V) test loops at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) operated between Jan. 1988 and Oct. 1990. The purpose of the P&V test was to demonstrate the performance, reliability, and service life of full-scale hot and cold salt pumps and valves for use in commercial central receiver solar power plants. The P&V test hardware consists of two pumped loops; the “Hot Loop” to simulate the hot (565°C) side of the receiver and the “Cold Loop” to simulate the receiver’s cold (285°C) side. Each loop contains a pump and five valves sized to be representative of a conceptual 60-MWe commercial solar power plant design. The hot loop accumulated over 6700 hours of operation and the cold loop over 2500 hours of operation. This project has demonstrated that standard commercial scale pump and valve designs will work in molten salt. The test also exposed some pitfalls that must be avoided in specifying such equipment. Although certainly not all of the pitfalls were discovered, careful design and specification should result in reliable or at least workable equipment.

Hybrid modeling of central receiver solar power plants

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Álvarez ◽  
J.L. Guzmán ◽  
L.J. Yebra ◽  
M. Berenguel
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Hybrid Modeling ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants

Alternative cycles based on carbon dioxide for central receiver solar power plants

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 872-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Chacartegui ◽  
J.M. Muñoz de Escalona ◽  
D. Sánchez ◽  
B. Monje ◽  
T. Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants

Evaluation of the potential of central receiver solar power plants: Configuration, optimization and trends

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 274-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio L. Avila-Marin ◽  
Jesus Fernandez-Reche ◽  
Felix M. Tellez
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Configuration Optimization ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants

scholarly journals Techno-economic assessment of new material developments in central receiver solar power plants

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theda Zoschke ◽  
Cathy Frantz ◽  
Peter Schöttl ◽  
Thomas Fluri ◽  
Ralf Uhlig
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
New Material ◽  
Solar Power Plants

Thermal and hydrodynamic behavior of ceramic volumetric absorbers for central receiver solar power plants: A review

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 648-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrisio Gomez-Garcia ◽  
José González-Aguilar ◽  
Gabriel Olalde ◽  
Manuel Romero
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Hydrodynamic Behavior ◽  
Central Receiver ◽  
Solar Power Plants
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