Design of CSP plants with optimally operated thermal storage

Solar Energy

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 371-387

  Casati, E ^a,b   Casella, F ^b   Colonna, P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CSP plants; Dispatchability; Optimal control; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; LOCATION; MODELING LANGUAGES; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STORAGE MANAGEMENT; SUN; THERMAL ENERGY;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CSP PLANTS; DISPATCHABILITY; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEM;

INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; DAGGETT COUNTY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84928729787     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.03.048     Document Type: Article

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