{"title":"Modelling and simulation of a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) concentrated solar power (CSP) system","authors":"R. V. D. Westhuizen, R. Dobson","doi":"10.1063/1.5117656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117656","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80246015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Fontani, G. Marotta, F. Francini, D. Jafrancesco, P. Sansoni
{"title":"Sun finders based on a pinhole camera","authors":"D. Fontani, G. Marotta, F. Francini, D. Jafrancesco, P. Sansoni","doi":"10.1063/1.5117585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78019439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis F. González-Portillo, Javier Muñoz-Antón, J. Martínez-Val
{"title":"A different way to approach enthalpy loss in supercritical regenerative closed Brayton cycles: The solar heater","authors":"Luis F. González-Portillo, Javier Muñoz-Antón, J. Martínez-Val","doi":"10.1063/1.5117649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117649","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77284215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving optical properties of diffusion-based absorber coatings for CSP tower systems","authors":"T. Meißner, C. Oskay, D. Fähsing, M. Galetz","doi":"10.1063/1.5117511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117511","url":null,"abstract":". In the course of energy transition the development of sustainable, efficient and renewable technologies for power generation providing base load supply is of crucial importance. CSP plants have great potential to fulfil all these requirements. However, mitigation of molten salt corrosion inside the absorber tube as well as improvement of optical properties on its outside are key challenges and part of ongoing developments. For this purpose, a Cr-Mn-diffusion absorber coating has been developed and is presented together with its improved version, an organic-based bilayer system. This study focusses on the continuous improvement of optical properties in terms of thermal efficiency (solar absorption and emittance) as well as qualification of both coatings with regards to long term durability (isothermal and thermocyclic stability).","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90263104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Circumsolar irradiance modelling using libRadtran and AERONET data","authors":"E. Abreu, P. Canhoto, M. J. L. Costa","doi":"10.1063/1.5117698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117698","url":null,"abstract":"The aperture angle of pyrheliometers is greater than the limit angle of the solar disk, which leads to a contribution of circumsolar radiation to the measurements of direct normal irradiance (DNI). On the other hand, since Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies have, generally, a lower aperture angle with respect to pyrheliometers, it is important to determine the fraction of circumsolar irradiance present in the DNI measurements as well as its angular distribution to provide accurate information for sizing and operation of CSP systems. In this work, the monochromatic circumsolar irradiance (at 675 nm) is modelled using libRadtran and AERONET data at Évora, Portugal for selected cases representing the 1st, 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements distribution at 675 nm and a maximum value of AOD registered during a Saharan dust outbreak in February 2017 in Portugal. The AERONET products used were the columnar values of water vapor content, aerosol optical depth (AOD) and aerosol phase function. Since there are no measurements of circumsolar irradiance at Évora, the assessment of the model output accuracy was done through a comparison of both the modelled DNI from the solar disk only and the DNI including the circumsolar contribution against measurements from a pyrheliometer included in a meteorological station installed at the same location. The mean bias error and the root mean square error were found to be lower for the DNI with the circumsolar contribution, thus validating the modelling approach of circumsolar irradiance.","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84437574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kareem Noureldin, T. Hirsch, B. Nouri, Zeyad Yasser
{"title":"Simulation of potential enhancements in parabolic trough solar field start-up controllers using nowcasting systems","authors":"Kareem Noureldin, T. Hirsch, B. Nouri, Zeyad Yasser","doi":"10.1063/1.5117679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117679","url":null,"abstract":"The yield of solar thermal power plants is strongly affected by disturbances in the irradiation condition through passing clouds. This effect is even more prominent when the clouds shade the solar field only partially as the irradiance situation cannot be fully measured by few measurement points in the field. In this paper, the benefit of using nowcasting systems to produce highly resolved irradiance maps on the field during start-up is studied. A simulation tool is used to dynamically model all the loops and piping in a reference commercial solar field. Automatic solar field controllers allow the model to operate during different situations. The performance of the field under a reference state-of-the-art controller is compared against a controller using the irradiance maps from nowcasting systems. The benefit during start-up processes is found to be significantly lower than the benefit the system makes during normal solar field operation. However, there is more potential shown for more advanced controllers, like model-predictive control.","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77591163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alex Carling-Plaza, M. A. Keilany, M. Bichotte, A. Soum-Glaude, L. Thomas, L. Dubost
{"title":"Demonstration of long term stability in air at high temperature for TiAlN solar selective absorber coatings","authors":"Alex Carling-Plaza, M. A. Keilany, M. Bichotte, A. Soum-Glaude, L. Thomas, L. Dubost","doi":"10.1063/1.5117509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73475521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Mouaky, E. Bennouna, A. Rachek, Brahim Bouhraichi, Nizar Lembarki, Oumama Idaghdour
{"title":"Performance analysis of a hybrid solar/biomass power plant for different operating scenarios","authors":"A. Mouaky, E. Bennouna, A. Rachek, Brahim Bouhraichi, Nizar Lembarki, Oumama Idaghdour","doi":"10.1063/1.5117607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117607","url":null,"abstract":"Performances of a hybrid CPC/biomass system coupled to an ORC power block are investigated on a minuteby-minute basis for four representative days of the year under different operating modes. Furthermore, influence of the considered solar radiation threshold value for operating the solar field in the hybrid mode was investigated through an energy performances comparison of two alternatives. Research findings showed that the hybrid mode allow a significant improvement of the thermal and electrical output (143-446%) and efficiencies of the plant’s components (8,8-9,8 % for the solar field and 26-48% for the ORC) relatively to the solar mode, with a slight decrease of the thermal efficiency in comparison to the biomass mode (2,9-4,5 %). On the other hand, results showed that the choice of the solar radiation threshold for operating the solar field in the hybrid mode can have non-negligible impacts on the performances of the plant.","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87480190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruizi Wang, P. Borghesani, M. Cholette, B. Duck, Lin Ma, T. Steinberg
{"title":"In-situ reflectivity monitoring of heliostats using calibration cameras","authors":"Ruizi Wang, P. Borghesani, M. Cholette, B. Duck, Lin Ma, T. Steinberg","doi":"10.1063/1.5117574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117574","url":null,"abstract":"It is well-known that the efficiency of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants depends strongly on maintaining a high level of heliostat reflectivity. To inform cleaning policies, an online assessment of heliostat reflectivity is highly desirable to provide real-time updates of current mirror conditions and optimise the cleaning policy, as necessary. There is currently, however, a lack of an economically feasible technique for performing a detailed online heliostat reflectivity assessment. In this paper, a low-cost heliostat reflectivity monitoring method based on already-installed targeting calibration cameras (e.g. CCD cameras) is proposed and tested. The key idea is to compare calibration camera images to detect the differences of image power caused by losses in heliostat reflectivity. Unlike previous beam characterization systems, the accuracy and sensitivity of reflectivity estimation for individual mirrors under increasingly soiled conditions is tested, and does not require additional sensors (e.g. radiometers or flux gauges). Using data obtained from field experiments conducted at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, Australia, a methodology for estimating the mirror reflectivity from filtered calibration camera images was developed, calibrated, and validated. The model predictions showed a maximum absolute reflectivity error of 1% based on 4 consecutive soilings, which is comparable to the variability of (as accurate as) the reflectometer measurements themselves. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of using simple calibration camera images for economical reflectivity monitoring by removing the need for extensive manual measurements or expensive additional equipment. Such a methodology would allow assessment of cleaning benefits in the real-time operational context (e.g. weather, electricity market prices) and enable dynamic, data-driven cleaning decisions.","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79673253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giovanni Picotti, M. Binotti, M. Cholette, P. Borghesani, G. Manzolini, T. Steinberg
{"title":"Modelling the soiling of heliostats: Assessment of the optical efficiency and impact of cleaning operations","authors":"Giovanni Picotti, M. Binotti, M. Cholette, P. Borghesani, G. Manzolini, T. Steinberg","doi":"10.1063/1.5117555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117555","url":null,"abstract":"The optical efficiency of the solar field heliostats of a Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) tower plant is a fundamental parameter to assess the productivity of the plant. The optical efficiency is mainly affected by the position of the sun in the sky during the year, and by the cleanliness level of the heliostats, which is related to their reflectance. The reflectance is continuously diminished by the deposition of dust on the heliostat surface (that is, soiling). Natural cleaning events, as rain, are rare in typical locations for CSP plants, so artificial cleaning is the most common technique used to maintain the optical efficiency (heliostat reflectance) as close as possible to its optimal value in order to maximize the overall production and thus the revenues of the CSP plant. This paper provides a methodology to assess the soiling of a heliostat field and then evaluates the impact of artificial cleaning on the optical efficiency, considering different frequencies of cleaning in four different scenarios. The outcome of this study is a considerable step forward towards the optimization of costly cleaning activities to minimize operation costs in solar power technologies.","PeriodicalId":21790,"journal":{"name":"SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88200326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}