A general method to analyze the thermal performance of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers

Fleming, Austin; Folsom, Charles; Ban, Heng; Ma, Zhiwen

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2015.08.007

Title: A general method to analyze the thermal performance of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers

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Concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage has potential to provide grid-scale, on-demand, dispatachable renewable energy. As higher solar receiver output temperatures are necessary for higher thermal cycle efficiency, current CSP research is focused on high outlet temperature and high efficiency receivers. Here, the objective of this study is to provide a simplified model to analyze the thermal efficiency of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers.

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Fleming, Austin ^[1]; Folsom, Charles ^[1]; Ban, Heng ^[1]; Ma, Zhiwen ^[2]

Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Publication Date:: 2015-11-13

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:: 1361231

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1416664

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5500-64971
Journal ID: ISSN 0038-092X

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; EE0001586

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Solar Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 150; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0038-092X

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; concentrated solar power; multi-cavity receiver; thermal analysis

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                    Fleming, Austin, Folsom, Charles, Ban, Heng, and Ma, Zhiwen. A general method to analyze the thermal performance of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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@article{osti_1361231,

  title        = {A general method to analyze the thermal performance of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers},

  author       = {Fleming, Austin and Folsom, Charles and Ban, Heng and Ma, Zhiwen},

  abstractNote = {Concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage has potential to provide grid-scale, on-demand, dispatachable renewable energy. As higher solar receiver output temperatures are necessary for higher thermal cycle efficiency, current CSP research is focused on high outlet temperature and high efficiency receivers. Here, the objective of this study is to provide a simplified model to analyze the thermal efficiency of multi-cavity concentrating solar power receivers.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.solener.2015.08.007},

  journal      = {Solar Energy},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 150,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {11}

}

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