Use of low/mid-temperature solar heat for thermochemical upgrading of energy, Part II: A novel zero-emissions design (ZE-SOLRGT) of the solar chemically-recuperated gas-turbine power generation system (SOLRGT) guided by its exergy analysis

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Na ^a   Lior, Noam ^b   Luo, Chending ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

CO 2 capture; exergy analysis; hybrid power system; solar heat; zero emissions power generation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EXERGY; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICITY COSTS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXERGY LOSS; GAS TURBINE CYCLES; HYBRID POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS; INTERCOOLED; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; PAYBACK PERIODS; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR HEAT; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; STEAM PRODUCTION; SYN-GAS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS; ZERO EMISSION;

COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EXERGY; FLUE GASES; FUELS; GAS TURBINES; INVESTMENTS; IODINE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SYNTHESIS GAS; VAPORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84860197768     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006086     Document Type: Article

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