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and above: Experiments and modeling in the optically-thick regime
摘要： This work presents the exploratory experimental results of a co-located solar receiver and thermal energy storage (TES) concept based on a pool of molten glass contained in a cavity, serving as solar receiver and TES medium simultaneously. Distinctive features of the system are the direct and volumetric absorption of solar radiation by the semi-transparent glass and a stationary TES medium. Only the charge cycle was studied, without a heat-removal system. Recycled soda-lime-silica (SLS) container glass of various colors was adopted as working medium in a setup tested at the ETH’s High Flux Solar Simulator (HFSS). A steady 3D heat transfer model of the experimental apparatus, which couples Monte-Carlo ray-tracing and CFD techniques, was developed and validated against the experimental results. The tests used the HFSS as the only energy source, with maximum radiative fluxes of 1.2 MWm?2 and power input of 1.5 kW directly absorbed by the glass, which reached measured temperatures of 1300 °C, while the maximum temperatures –as predicted by the model– exceeded 1500 °C. Such conditions were maintained for 5 to 10 h and no technical problems were encountered with the containment of the hot glass melt. These preliminary results demonstrate that silicate glasses are effective volumetric absorbers of solar radiation up to temperatures exceeding 1300 °C.
关键词： Concentrating Solar Power (CSP),Glass,Thermal Energy Storage (TES),GLASUNTES
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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AIP Conference Proceedings [Author(s) SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems - Santiago, Chile (26–29 September 2017)] - Techno-economic analysis of a central receiver power plant with different levels of storage capacity and hybridization
摘要： The energy storage and fossil-backup (fossil-hybridization) systems of a concentrating solar power plant (CSP) provide a continuous production of energy all over the year and satisfy the grid demand even when the sun is not shining. One could ask about the behavior of the energy production, or the levelized energy cost, as a function of the energy storage and of the fossil-hybridization in such plants. This paper tries to answer this question. For this task, there have been performed numerous simulations on a central receiver plant with a fixed nominal power, varying the storage capacity and the level of hybridization. The results showed that these variables impact differently. For the thermal storage, from capacities ranging from 0h to 24h, there is a specific intermediary capacity, 15h, in which the levelized energy cost is minimum. But for the fossil-hybridization, this energy cost always decreases with the increment of the hybrid level. The results also showed that, if a given energy production is supported by a certain level of hybridization, its energy cost would be less than that supported by a storage system. This is due to the relatively high investment costs related to the storage system, and the relatively low cost of fuel.
关键词： Concentrating Solar Power (CSP),Central Receiver (CR),Thermal Energy Storage (TES),Fossil-hybridization (HYB),Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14