Thermodynamic Analysis on the Parabolic Trough Concentrated Solar Power Plant during the Start-up Process

ZHANG Shunqi, LIU Ming, LIU Jiping, YAN Junjie

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3) : 608-616.

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Journal of Engineering Thermophysics ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3) : 608-616.

Thermodynamic Analysis on the Parabolic Trough Concentrated Solar Power Plant during the Start-up Process

  • ZHANG Shunqi1, LIU Ming2, LIU Jiping1, YAN Junjie2
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Daily start-up is the feature of concentrated solar power (CSP) plant resulting from the intermittency of solar energy. Therefore, the electricity production of CSPs is reduced due to the energy loss during the start-up process. To obtain the component and cause of the start-up energy loss, the dynamic simulation and energy analysis of CSPs during the start-up process were carried out. Results show that the energy storage, energy loss, and electricity production during the CSP start-up process account for 40.59%, 52.89%, and 6.51% of the total input energy, respectively. Energy storages of thermal energy storage and solar field are the major ones with 80.60% and 14.88% of the total energy storage, respectively. The collector optical energy loss, turbine cold source loss, and receiver heat loss are major ones with 66.12%, 18.58%, and 8.76% of the total energy loss, respectively. Receiver heat loss, bypass energy loss and collector defocused loss have the energysaving potential, accounting for 15.31% of total energy loss.

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dynamic simulation / parabolic trough concentrated solar power / start-up process / thermodynamic analysis

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ZHANG Shunqi, LIU Ming, LIU Jiping, YAN Junjie. Thermodynamic Analysis on the Parabolic Trough Concentrated Solar Power Plant during the Start-up Process[J]. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2023, 44(3): 608-616
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