Operation strategies and performance of solar thermal power plants operating from PCM storage

Solar Energy

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-180

  Yogev, Ronen ^a   Kribus, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power (CSP); Direct steam generation (DSG); Latent heat thermal storage; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; HEAT DISCHARGE RATES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LATENT HEAT THERMAL STORAGE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; STEAM ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPLEXITY; ELECTRICAL POWER; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880386884     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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