Analysis of low temperature solar thermal electric generation using regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 998-1004

  Pei, Gang ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Ji, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

CPC; ORC; Regenerative cycle; Solar thermal electric generation

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER; ELECTRIC GENERATION; ELECTRICITY EFFICIENCIES; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER IRREVERSIBILITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POWER CONVERSION PROCESS; REGENERATIVE CYCLE; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC; THERMAL STORAGE; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION PREVENTION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 77649274468     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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