Effect of multi-tank thermal energy storage, recuperator effectiveness, and solar receiver conductance on the performance of a concentrated solar supercritical CO2-based power plant operating under different seasonal conditions

Osorio, Julian D.; Hovsapian, Rob; Ordonez, Juan C.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.08.074

Title: Effect of multi-tank thermal energy storage, recuperator effectiveness, and solar receiver conductance on the performance of a concentrated solar supercritical CO₂-based power plant operating under different seasonal conditions

Journal Article · Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Energy (Oxford)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.08.074· OSTI ID:1357757

Osorio, Julian D. ^[1]; Hovsapian, Rob ^[2]; Ordonez, Juan C. ^[3]

Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Renewable energy technologies based on solar energy concentration are important alternatives to supply the rising energy demand in the world and to mitigate the negative environmental impact caused by the extensive use of fossil-fuels. In this work, a thermodynamic model based on energy and exergy analyses is developed to study the transient behavior of a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) supercritical CO2 plant operating under different seasonal conditions. The system analyzed is composed of a central receiver, hot and cold thermal energy storage units, a heat exchanger, a recuperator, and three-stage compression and expansion subsystems with intercoolers between compressors and reheaters between turbines, respectively. From the exergy analysis, the recuperator, the hot thermal energy storage, and the solar receiver were identified as the main sources for exergy destruction with more than 70% of the total lost work in the plant. These components offer an important potential to improve the system’s performance via design optimization. With reference parameters, the system reaches efficiencies of about 18.5%. These efficiencies are increased with a combination of improved design parameters, reaching values of between 24.1% and 26.2%, depending on the season, which are relatively good for CSP plants.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1357757

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-16-38619; PII: S0360544216311872

Journal Information:: Energy (Oxford), Vol. 115, Issue P1; ISSN 0360-5442

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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