Abstract
AbstractIn Portugal, the increase in the production of electricity based on renewable energy sources has been achieved based mainly on hydro and wind resources. The sun has been underexploited so far. The Portuguese territory presents high levels of solar radiation, and thus it is urged to find solutions that take advantage of this widely recognized fact. In this context, it is important to come forward with concentrated solar power systems as an option. The most mature of these technologies is the parabolic trough. The purpose of this paper is to report the outcomes of a study concerning a parabolic trough power plant, with thermal storage. This paper aims to present a model of a parabolic trough power plant, including the associated thermal storage system, to validate it against results reported in the literature and to build up a simulator enabling the assessment of the performance of the plant for several locations in the Portuguese territory. Based on the obtained results, some conclusions regarding the behavior of the system are drawn.
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