Comparison of advanced thermal and electrical storage for parabolic dish solar thermal power systems

Conference · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5422929

Fujita, T; Awaya, H I; Birur, G C; Bowyer, J M; Schredder, J M

Optional arrangements for generating electrical power from solar thermal parabolic dish systems are compared. An option which employs a cluster of two-axis tracking parabolic dish collectors to supply solar-derived heat to a ground-based thermal storage/power conversion unit is assessed. Each multi-dish cluster is a power module, and a large power system can be composed of a multiplicity of such modules. The use of advanced Stirling and Brayton engines is investigated. An important finding is that promising multi-dish clusters employing advanced sensible and latent heat thermal storage attain energy costs comparable to those of dishbattery systems over a wide range of dish cluster sizes. This has major implementation advantages in allowing the selection of cluster sizes and associated engines that are tailored to application system requirements and, in particular, permitting the use of a wide range of engines that are being developed for other applications.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
• OSTI ID: 5422929
• Report Number(s): CONF-820814-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140703* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Distributed Collector
142000 -- Solar Energy-- Heat Storage-- (1980-)
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
COST
DISTRIBUTED COLLECTOR POWER PLANTS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
HEAT STORAGE
MODULAR STRUCTURES
OPERATING COST
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC DISH COLLECTORS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STIRLING ENGINES
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMAL BATTERIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS