Gas Turbine/Solar Parabolic Trough Hybrid Design Using Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid: Preprint
Abstract
Parabolic trough power plants can provide reliable power by incorporating either thermal energy storage (TES) or backup heat from fossil fuels. This paper describes a gas turbine / parabolic trough hybrid design that combines a solar contribution greater than 50% with gas heat rates that rival those of natural gas combined-cycle plants. Previous work illustrated benefits of integrating gasturbines with conventional oil heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) troughs running at 390?C. This work extends that analysis to examine the integration of gas turbines with salt-HTF troughs running at 450 degrees C and including TES. Using gas turbine waste heat to supplement the TES system provides greater operating flexibility while enhancing the efficiency of gas utilization. The analysis indicatesthat the hybrid plant design produces solar-derived electricity and gas-derived electricity at lower cost than either system operating alone.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1024520
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5500-52424
TRN: US201119%%438
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at SolarPACES 2011, 20-23 September 2011, Granada, Spain
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY STORAGE; FLEXIBILITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT RATE; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; MOLTEN SALTS; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANTS; WASTE HEAT; parabolic trough; aeroderivative turbine; hybrid; molten salt; CSP
Citation Formats
Turchi, C S, and Ma, Z. Gas Turbine/Solar Parabolic Trough Hybrid Design Using Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web.
Turchi, C S, & Ma, Z. Gas Turbine/Solar Parabolic Trough Hybrid Design Using Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid: Preprint. United States.
Turchi, C S, and Ma, Z. 2011.
"Gas Turbine/Solar Parabolic Trough Hybrid Design Using Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid: Preprint". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1024520.
@article{osti_1024520,
title = {Gas Turbine/Solar Parabolic Trough Hybrid Design Using Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid: Preprint},
author = {Turchi, C S and Ma, Z},
abstractNote = {Parabolic trough power plants can provide reliable power by incorporating either thermal energy storage (TES) or backup heat from fossil fuels. This paper describes a gas turbine / parabolic trough hybrid design that combines a solar contribution greater than 50% with gas heat rates that rival those of natural gas combined-cycle plants. Previous work illustrated benefits of integrating gasturbines with conventional oil heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) troughs running at 390?C. This work extends that analysis to examine the integration of gas turbines with salt-HTF troughs running at 450 degrees C and including TES. Using gas turbine waste heat to supplement the TES system provides greater operating flexibility while enhancing the efficiency of gas utilization. The analysis indicatesthat the hybrid plant design produces solar-derived electricity and gas-derived electricity at lower cost than either system operating alone.},
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