Towards a commercial parabolic trough CSP system using air as heat transfer fluid

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 381-385

  Good, P ^a   Zanganeh, G ^a,b   Ambrosetti, G ^b   Barbato, M C ^c   Pedretti, A ^b   Steinfeld, A ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Airlight Energy SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air; CSP system; Parabolic trough; Pilot plant; Solar receiver; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

AIR; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; PILOT PLANTS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

CONCRETE SUPPORTS; CSP SYSTEM; DESIGN INNOVATIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SOLAR RECEIVER; THERMAL STORAGE; TROUGH CONCENTRATORS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84902274994     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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