Transient molten salt two-tank thermal storage modeling for CSP performance simulations

Solar Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-311

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

^a CENER   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Heat loss; Modelica; Molten salt; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; MODELICA; MOLTEN SALT; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TANKS; THERMAL STORAGE;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FUSED SALTS;

IRRADIATION; LANGUAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SALT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84878627917     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.02.034     Document Type: Article

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