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Effect of Two Different Heat Transfer Fluids on the Performance of Solar Tower CSP by Comparing Recompression Supercritical CO2 and Rankine Power Cycles, China
April 20, 2023
China intends to develop its renewable energy sector in order to cut down on its pollution levels. Concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies are expected to play a key role in this agenda. This study evaluated the technical and economic performance of a 100 MW solar tower CSP in Tibet, China, under different heat transfer fluids (HTF), i.e., Salt (60% NaNO3 40% KNO3) or HTF A, and Salt (46.5% LiF 11.5% NaF 42% KF) or HTF B under two different power cycles, namely supercritical CO2 and Rankine. Results from the study suggest that the Rankine power cycle with HTF A and B recorded capacity factors (CF) of 39% and 40.3%, respectively. The sCO2 power cycle also recorded CFs of 41% and 39.4% for HTF A and HTF B, respectively. A total of 359 GWh of energy was generated by the sCO2 system with HTF B, whereas the sCO2 system with HTF A generated a total of 345 GWh in the first year. The Rankine system with HTF A generated a total of 341 GWh, while the system with B as its HTF produced a total of 353 GWh of electricity in year one. Electricity to grid mainly occurred between 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. throughout the year. According to the results, the highest levelized cost of energy (LCOE) (real) of 0.1668 USD/kWh was recorded under the Rankine cycle with HTF A. The lowest LCOE (real) of 0.1586 USD/kWh was obtained under the sCO2 cycle with HTF B. In general, all scenarios were economically viable at the study area; however, the sCO2 proved to be more economically feasible according to the simulated results.
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China, concentrated solar power, Rankine power cycle, supercritical carbon-dioxide power cycle, techno-economics
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Agyekum EB, Adebayo TS, Bekun FV, Kumar NM, Panjwani MK. Effect of Two Different Heat Transfer Fluids on the Performance of Solar Tower CSP by Comparing Recompression Supercritical CO2 and Rankine Power Cycles, China. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32872
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Agyekum EB: Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, 19 Mira Street, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia [ORCID]
Adebayo TS: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University Nicosia, North Cyprus Via Mersin 10, Nicosia 99670, Turkey [ORCID]
Bekun FV: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul 34000, Turkey
Kumar NM: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China [ORCID]
Panjwani MK: Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur 65200, Pakistan [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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12
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3426
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2021
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2021-06-10
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1996-1073
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