Assessment of direct thermal energy storage technologies for concentrating solar power plants

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-552

  Ravaghi Ardebili, Zohreh ^a   Manenti, Flavio ^a   Corbetta, Michele ^a   Lima, Nadson M N ^b   Linan, Lamia Zuniga ^b   Papasidero, Davide ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL ENERGY;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DISCHARGING PERIODS; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; PLANTWIDE CONTROL; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SOURCE OF ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84886410070     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1335091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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