Feasibility analysis of megawatt scale solar thermal power plants

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Reddy, K S ^a   Kumar, K Ravi ^a   Devaraj, Vikramaditya A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; LEVELISED ELECTRICITY COST; LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR (LFR); PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; POWER PLANT CAPACITIES; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EXERGY; INVESTMENTS; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

STEAM POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84875475626     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4766891     Document Type: Article

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