Journal
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 319-332Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.057
Keywords
Solar aided power generation; Feedwater heating; Solar multiple; Annual performance; Thermal energy storage; Sensitive analysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51206049]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2015CB251505]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2012AA050604]
- 111 Project [B12034]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015XS87]
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The solar-aided coal-fired power generation (SACPG) system is proven to be an effective way to use solar energy. In this work, a 600 MW SACPG system using solar parabolic trough technology is simulated based on hourly meteorological data. Solar field is used to preheat feedwater to replace high-pressure extraction steam of the original coal-fired unit. Based on annual and off-design performance, the main parameters of the SACPG system, such as thermal energy storage (TES) hours, solar multiple (SM) and ratio of row spacing to aperture width (S/W ratio) are optimized from the thermodynamic and economic viewpoints. Besides, a sensitive economic analysis is performed when the cost of a specific component changes. The thermodynamic and sensitive economic analysis reveals the S/W ratio should be determined depending on land cost and tracking mode to balance between annual solar-to-electricity efficiency (SEE) and lower levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Besides, although a TES system could annual SEE of SACPG system, its optimized capacity should be determined by the cost of the solar field and the TES system. Therefore, a balance point is proposed in the end to determine on what condition it is economical to set a TES system. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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