Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria

Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria

Among all the hybrid solar thermal technologies available up to now, the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) is nowadays the most efficient system for converting solar energy into electricity. This power plant is a combination of a parabolic trough solar field with a conventional combined cycle....

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Main Authors: Lazhar Achour, Malek Bouharkat, Omar Behar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Energy Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484716300439
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spelling doaj-1b38691ea6c04a6e83bd0ec0fed156f52020-11-24T21:00:48ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472018-11-014207217Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of AlgeriaLazhar Achour0Malek Bouharkat1Omar Behar2Electrical Engineering Department, University of Batna, Batna, Algeria; Corresponding author.Electrical Engineering Department, University of Batna, Batna, AlgeriaUniversity of M’Hammed Bougara, UMBB, Boumerdes, AlgeriaAmong all the hybrid solar thermal technologies available up to now, the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) is nowadays the most efficient system for converting solar energy into electricity. This power plant is a combination of a parabolic trough solar field with a conventional combined cycle. In the present article, the performance of an ISCC plant under southern Algerian climate has been investigated. To do so, a thermodynamic model has been developed to evaluate solar radiation intensity as well as the overall performance of the hybrid solar power plant.The analysis has shown that solar to electricity efficiency could reach up to 14.4% during sunny periods. Furthermore, an overall thermal efficiency of about 60% is feasible. It has also been found that the amount of electricity produced increases with several operation parameters such as the time of the day, the mass flow rate of the heat transfer fluid and the angle of incidence on the collector surface. Keywords: ISCC, CSP, Solar thermal power plant, Hybrid solar thermal power plant, Solar radiationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484716300439
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Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
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title Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
title_short Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
title_full Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
title_fullStr Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
title_full_unstemmed Performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of Algeria
title_sort performance assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle in the southern of algeria
publisher Elsevier
series Energy Reports
issn 2352-4847
publishDate 2018-11-01
description Among all the hybrid solar thermal technologies available up to now, the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) is nowadays the most efficient system for converting solar energy into electricity. This power plant is a combination of a parabolic trough solar field with a conventional combined cycle. In the present article, the performance of an ISCC plant under southern Algerian climate has been investigated. To do so, a thermodynamic model has been developed to evaluate solar radiation intensity as well as the overall performance of the hybrid solar power plant.The analysis has shown that solar to electricity efficiency could reach up to 14.4% during sunny periods. Furthermore, an overall thermal efficiency of about 60% is feasible. It has also been found that the amount of electricity produced increases with several operation parameters such as the time of the day, the mass flow rate of the heat transfer fluid and the angle of incidence on the collector surface. Keywords: ISCC, CSP, Solar thermal power plant, Hybrid solar thermal power plant, Solar radiation
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