Enhancing the Profitability of Solar Tower Power Plants through Thermoeconomic Analysis Based on Multi-objective Optimization

Energy Procedia

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 1277-1286

  Guedez R ^a   Topel, M ^a   Spelling, J ^b   Laumert, B ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

concentrating solar power; multi objective optimization; techno economic analysis; thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT STORAGE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; PROFITABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY; TOWERS;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CRITICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; POWER CYCLE EFFICIENCY; SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANTS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84943652120     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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