Transient simulation for developing a combined solar thermal power plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-207

  Niknia, Iman ^a   Yaghoubi, Mahmood ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Control scheme; Development; Hybrid power plant; Parabolic trough collector; Simulation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SCHEMES; DEVELOPMENT; HYBRID POWER PLANTS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS PLANTS; PLANT EXPANSION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STEAM ENGINEERING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84856406465     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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