Trough Type Concentrating Solar Power Plant Cost Assessment With Component Scaling Conference Paper

abstract

• A detailed numerical and empirical systems analysis tool was developed which incorporated component scaling cost equations. It was benchmarked against the known data from the Andasol-1 plant in Spain, and then used to evaluate the effect of changes in the size of the solar field, the thermal energy storage system, and the power block on the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for the plant. The simulation result indicates that when the power plant capacity increases from 50 MW to 400 MW, the LCOE decreases by 32%. Also, the models results indicate that an oversized field and thermal energy storage tanks help to lower the LCOE.

name of conference

• ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Parts A and B

authors

• Schuller, Michael

published proceedings

• ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Parts A and B

author list (cited authors)

• Luo, J., Schuller, M., & Lalk, T.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Luo, Jun||Schuller, Michael||Lalk, Thomas

publication date

• January 2012

publisher

• ASME International  Publisher

keywords

• 7 Affordable And Clean Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1115/es2012-91392

start page

• 529

end page

• 536

issue

• PARTS A AND B

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2012-91392

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy