On the performance of CSP oil-cooled plants, with and without heat storage in tanks of molten salts

Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-239

  De Luca, Fabrizio ^a   Ferraro, Vittorio ^a   Marinelli, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molten salts storage; Parabolic collector plants

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; OIL SHALE; SALTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; LEVELIZED COSTS; LINEAR-PARABOLIC; MOLTEN SALT; PARABOLIC COLLECTOR; STORAGE CAPACITY;

OIL TANKS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL POWER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SALT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84926407552     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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