Off-design thermodynamic performances of a solar tower aided coal-fired power plant for different solar multiples with thermal energy storage

Energy

Volumn 163, Issue , 2018, Pages 956-968

  Li, Chao ^a,b   Yang, Zhiping ^a   Zhai, Rongrong ^a   Yang, Yongping ^a   Patchigolla, Kumar ^b   Oakey, John E ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Solar multiple; Thermal energy storage hour

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL ENERGY;

BOILER EFFICIENCY; COAL CONSUMPTION RATE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COAL-FIRED POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY EFFICIENCIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR MULTIPLES; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DESIGN; ENERGY STORAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85053185193     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.186     Document Type: Article

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