Performance evaluation and outlook of utility-scale linear fresnel technology

ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability Collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ES 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Guangdong ^a   Wagner, Mike ^a   Wendelin, Tim ^a   Kutscher, Chuck ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE ASSUMPTIONS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTORS (LFC); OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE;

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; INVESTMENTS; MODELS; PHYSICAL ADDRESSES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892973725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2013-18069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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