Thermal modeling of a solar steam turbine with a focus on start-up time reduction

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Spelling, James ^a   Jöcker, Markus ^b   Martin, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL TURBOMACHINERY AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cool down; dispatchability increase; solar thermal power; start up; steam turbine

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; BASELOAD; COOL-DOWN; DISPATCHABILITY INCREASE; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; HEAT EXCHANGE; MEASURED DATA; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME; STEAM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL MODELING; TURBINE CASING;

MARINE ENGINES; SOLAR HEATING; STEAM; STEAM POWER PLANTS; STEAM TURBINES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

TURBINES;

EID: 80955148104     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004148     Document Type: Article

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