Modeling and co-simulation of a parabolic trough solar plant for industrial process heat

Applied Energy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-300

  Silva, R ^a   Perez M ^a   Fernandez Garcia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co simulation; Modelica; Parabolic trough collectors; Process heat; TISC; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT STORAGE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MIDDLEWARE; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SUN;

COSIMULATION; MODELICA; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PROCESS HEAT; TISC; TRNSYS;

HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84874431604     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.069     Document Type: Article

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