Analysis of cooling methods of parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Thermal power plant

2012 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology, POWERCON 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kibaara, S ^a   Chowdhury, S ^a   Chowdhury, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

capacity factor; concentrating solar thermal power (CSTP); dry cooling; levelised cost of electricity; parabolic trough; thermal energy storage; wet Cooling

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; COST OF ELECTRICITY; DRY COOLING; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; WET COOLING;

ARID REGIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COSTS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL ENERGY; VAPORS; WATER SUPPLY;

COOLING;

EID: 84873310214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PowerCon.2012.6401407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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