Steam temperature stability in a direct steam generation solar power plant

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 660-668

  Birnbaum, Jürgen ^a   Feldhoff, Jan Fabian ^b   Fichtner, Markus ^a   Hirsch, Tobias ^b   Jöcker, Markus ^a   Pitz Paal, Robert ^b   Zimmermann, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct steam generation; Parabolic trough; Solar thermal power plant; Steam turbine; Transient simulation

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL POWER; DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; MAIN STEAM TEMPERATURES; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SIEMENS; SOLAR FIELDS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; STEAM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL INERTIA; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; TURBINE OPERATION;

MARINE ENGINES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STEAM; STEAM GENERATORS; STEAM TURBINES; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

STEAM POWER PLANTS;

DATABASE; IRRADIANCE; OIL; POWER PLANT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 79952314417     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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