Probabilistic modeling of a parabolic trough collector power plant - An uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2128-2139

  Zaversky, Fritz ^a   García Barberena, Javier ^a   Sánchez, Marcelino ^a   Astrain, David ^b  

^a CENER   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CSP; Latin hypercube sampling; Parabolic trough collector; Probabilistic modeling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ANNUAL PLANTS; BACK UP; CONVERSION PROCESS; CSP; GLASS TUBES; INPUT DATAS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; LOSS CHARACTERISTICS; MAINTENANCE PARAMETERS; MIRROR REFLECTANCE; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OPERATION MODE; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANTS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PLANT SIMULATION; POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SAMPLE MATRIX; SOLAR FIELDS; SOLAR INPUT; SOLAR IRRADIATION; STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; THERMAL STORAGE; VARIED PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT STORAGE; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MIRRORS; POWER PLANTS; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER PLANT; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84861674294     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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