Integrated solar combined cycle plants using solar towers with thermal storage to increase plant performance

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Power Division (Publication) POWER

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Peterseim, Juergen H ^a   Tadros, Amir ^b   Hellwig, Udo ^c   White, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AURECON   (Australia)

^c ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GAS TURBINES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT STORAGE; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STEAM TURBINES; TOWERS;

COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE PLANTS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCEPT DESCRIPTION; INTEGRATED SOLAR COMBINED CYCLES; LOW-COST ELECTRICITY; MOLTEN SALT THERMAL STORAGE; OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINES; SPECIFIC INVESTMENT;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84896284161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/POWER2013-98121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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