Nation, DD, Heggs, PJ orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-6521 and Dixon-Hardy, DW (2017) Modelling and simulation of a novel Electrical Energy Storage (EES) Receiver for Solar Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) power plants. Applied Energy, 195. pp. 950-973. ISSN 0306-2619
Abstract
In this paper, the mathematical modelling of a novel Electrical Energy Storage (EES) Receiver for Solar Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) is presented. The EES receiver is essentially a Heat Collecting Element (HCE) with built in storage in the form of thermal batteries such as the Sodium Sulphur (NaS) battery. The conceptual design and mathematical models describing the operation of the receiver are presented along with important results of model validation. When held under adiabatic conditions (a primary indicator of model validity), results were highly consistent with established PTC, models and with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, USA) experimental data for existing SCHOTT PTR-70 and Solel UVAC3 receiver tubes, currently being used in existing PTC power plants.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Applied Energy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This manuscript version is made available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Energy storage; Parabolic Trough Collector, PTC; Power plants; Heat Collecting Element, HCE; Thermal battery; Sodium sulphur; Utility grid; NaS cell; Concentrating solar power, CSP |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2017 11:34 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2019 12:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.084 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.084 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115273 |
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