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SOLAR ENERGY
Volume 86, Issue 10, Pages 2975-2985Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.07.004
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CSP systems; Parabolic trough collectors; ISCCS; CO2
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In this paper, a performance and cost assessment of Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Systems (ISCCSs) based on parabolic troughs using CO2 as heat transfer fluid is reported on. The use of CO2 instead of the more conventional thermal oil as heat transfer fluid allows an increase in the temperature of the heat transfer fluid and thus in solar energy conversion efficiency. In particular, the ISCCS plant considered here was developed on the basis of a triple-pressure, reheated combined cycle power plant rated about 250 MW. Two different solutions for the solar steam generator are considered and compared. The results of the performance assessment show that the solar energy conversion efficiency ranges from 23% to 25% for a CO, maximum temperature of 550 degrees C. For a CO2 temperature of 450 degrees C, solar efficiency decreases by about 1.5-2.0% points. The use of a solar steam generator including only the evaporation section instead of the preheating, evaporation and superheating sections allows the achievement of slightly better conversion efficiencies. However, the adoption of this solution leads to a maximum value of the solar share of around 10% on the ISCCS power output. The solar conversion efficiencies of the ISCCS systems considered here are slightly greater than those of the more conventional Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems based on steam cycles (20-23%) and are very similar to the predicted conversion efficiencies of the more advanced direct steam generation solar plants (22-27%). The results of a preliminary cost analysis show that due to the installation of the solar field, the electrical energy production cost for ISCCS power plants increases in comparison to the natural gas combined cycle (NGCC). In particular, the specific cost of electrical energy produced from solar energy is much greater (about two-fold) than that of electrical energy produced from natural gas. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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