Techno-economic comparison between CSP plants presenting two different heat transfer fluids

Applied Energy

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-109

  Sau, S ^a   Corsaro, N ^a   Crescenzi, T ^a   D'Ottavi, C ^b   Liberatore, R ^a   Licoccia, S ^b   Russo, V ^a   Tarquini, P ^a   Tizzoni, A C ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CSP; Heat transfer fluids; Low melting thermal fluids; Parabolic trough; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BINS; CARBON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLUIDS; FREE ENERGY; HEAT STORAGE; MIXTURES; NITRATES; OPERATING COSTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BINARY AND TERNARY MIXTURES; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; MOLTEN SALT MIXTURES; PARABOLIC TROUGH; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; THERMAL FLUIDS; UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ITALY; PRIOLO GARGALLO; SICILY; SIRACUSA;

EID: 84957049087     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.066     Document Type: Article

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