A new rotatable-axis tracking solar parabolic-trough collector for solar-hybrid coal-fired power plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue PC, 2013, Pages 492-502

  Peng, Shuo ^a,b   Hong, Hui ^a   Jin, Hongguang ^a   Zhang, Zhineng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Beijing Jike Energy New Technology Development Company   (China)

Author keywords

Cosine loss; Rotatable axis tracking; Solar hybrid coal fired power plant

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SINGLE-AXIS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; TRACKING METHOD; TRACKING SYSTEM; TYPICAL DAY;

COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; STEAM TURBINES; TRACKING (POSITION);

MINING;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROTATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBINE;

EID: 84887327046     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.039     Document Type: Article

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