Molten salt facilities, lessons learnt at pilot plant scale to guarantee commercial plants; heat losses evaluation and correction

Renewable Energy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-185

  Prieto, Cristina ^a   Osuna, Rafael ^a   Fernández, A Inés ^b   Cabeza, Luisa F ^c  

^a ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power plant (CSP); Heat losses; Lessons learnt; Molten salt; Reengineering; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

FUSED SALTS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT STORAGE; PILOT PLANTS; REENGINEERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL ENERGY;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; LESSONS LEARNT; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY; MOLTEN SALT; PILOT PLANT SCALE; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HEAT BUDGET; INSULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POWER PLANT; SALT; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE; STORAGE STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84961755638     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.039     Document Type: Article

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