Design space exploration of a 5 MWth small particle solar receiver

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 344-353

  Fernandez P ^a,b   Miller, F ^a   McDowell, M ^c   Hunt, A ^d  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^d Thermaphase Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power; CSP; Design optimization; Numerical stochastic modeling; Small particle solar receiver

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; DESIGN; GAS TURBINES; IRRADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NUMERICAL STOCHASTIC; SOLAR RECEIVER; SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANTS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

SMALL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84902267099     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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