Annual performance improvement for solar steam turbines through the use of temperature-maintaining modifications

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 496-504

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

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL TURBOMACHINERY AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispatchability; Solar thermal power; Start up; Steam turbine

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; DAILY PRODUCTION; DISPATCHABILITY; DYNAMIC SYSTEM MODELS; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; NUMBER OF METHODS; OPERATING MODES; PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; START-UPS; STEAM TEMPERATURE;

SOLAR HEATING; STEAM; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TURBINES;

STEAM TURBINES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MAINTENANCE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBINE;

EID: 84855188629     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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