Design and analysis of a novel low-temperature solar thermal electric system with two-stage collectors and heat storage units

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2324-2333

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

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

Author keywords

Low temperature; ORC; Solar thermal electric generation; Two stage collectors; Two stage heat storage units

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURES; ORC; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC GENERATION; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE COLLECTORS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR HEATING; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79954602208     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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