A Quest to the Cheapest Method for Electricity Generation in Concentrating Solar Power Plants

Energy Procedia

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 514-520

  Abbas, Rubén ^a   Martínez Val, José M ^a   Muñoz Antón, Javier ^a   Valdés, Manuel ^a   Ramos, Alberto ^a   Rovira, Antonio ^b   Montes, Maria J ^b   Sait, Hani ^c   Muñoz, Ricardo ^d   Gamarra, Álvaro ^d   Villén, Manuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d OHL Industrial   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Linear Fresnel collectors; Pressurized air; Themal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HOT WORKING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STEAM GENERATORS;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTERMEDIATE HEAT EXCHANGER; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTORS (LFC); PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PRESSURIZED AIR; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

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EID: 84947058419     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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