Effects of relative volume-ratios on dynamic performance of a direct-heated supercritical carbon-dioxide closed Brayton cycle in a solar-thermal power plant

Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 1025-1032

  Singh, Rajinesh ^a   Rowlands, Andrew S ^a   Miller, Sarah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Closed Brayton cycle; Dynamic modelling; Dynamic response; Solar thermal; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Volume effects

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD WORKING; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; SOLAR HEATING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOSED BRAYTON CYCLE; CONTROL ORIENTED MODELS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; PARABOLIC-TROUGH SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; VOLUME EFFECT;

HOT WORKING;

AMBIENT AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 84878665975     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.03.049     Document Type: Article

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