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Exergetic analysis of a solar thermal power system with PCM storage
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Mahfuz, MH and Kamyar, A and Afshar, O and Sarraf, M and Anisur, MR and Kibria, MA and Saidur, R and Metselaar, IHSC, Exergetic analysis of a solar thermal power system with PCM storage, Energy Conversion and Management, 78 pp. 486-492. ISSN 0196-8904 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2013.11.016
Abstract
Exergy analysis has become an important tool for thermodynamic assessment of power generation systems. In the present study, thermodynamic performance (energy and exergy) analysis is performed for a solar thermal power plant located in Shiraz, Iran. In addition, a computational exergy analysis is performed to show the possible improvement of this power plant integrating with Phase Change Material (PCM) storage. Consequently, it is found that overall energy efficiency without PCM storage is about 30% while the exergy efficiency is about 10%. However, about 30% overall exergy efficiency can be achieved for the case of using PCM storage along with the solar collector.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | solar collector, PCM, thermal energy storage, exergy analysis |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Mechanical engineering |
| Research Field: | Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical) |
| Objective Division: | Energy |
| Objective Group: | Renewable energy |
| Objective Field: | Solar-thermal energy |
| UTAS Author: | Afshar, O (Mr Omid Afshar) |
| ID Code: | 95175 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 70 |
| Deposited By: | Engineering |
| Deposited On: | 2014-09-26 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-10-28 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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