A novel modeling of molten-salt heat storage systems in thermal solar power plants

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6721-6740

  Menéndez, Rogelio Peón ^a   Martínez, Juan Á ^b   Prieto, Miguel J ^b   Barcia, Lourdes Á ^c   Sánchez, Juan M Martín ^d  

^a Grupo TSK   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c González Soriano S A   (Spain)

^d ADEX   (Spain)

Author keywords

Process modeling; Solar thermal power plant; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

FUSED SALTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STEAM ENGINEERING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PROCESS MODELING; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVES; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; TRADITIONAL ENGINEERINGS;

THERMAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84908881567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7106721     Document Type: Article

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