Abstract
Various data reveals the potential of concentrated solar technologies for the electricity production. With global growing energy demand and green-house gas emission, concentrating solar power is considered as one of the promising options and has invited wide attention. In this work, a model for a 30 MW parabolic trough solar power plant system was developed for 31 different locations in Brazil, using TRNSYS simulation software, and TESS and STEC libraries. The power system consists of a parabolic trough solar collector loop connected to a power block by a series of heat exchangers. The solar collector loop consists of a field of parabolic trough collectors, stratified thermal storage tank, pump and heat exchangers to drive the power block and uses Therminol VP1 as heat transfer fluid. The results show that the cities of Recife (PE), Fortaleza (CE), Belterra (PA), Salvador (BA) and Petrolina (PE) stand out for their high monthly values of direct normal irradiation and, resulting the highest production of energy by the same configuration of Solar Central Power Plant.
Highlights
Solar energy has many benefits including environmental protection, economic growth, job creation, and diversity of fuel supply
A model for the solar field and power cycle was created in the TRNSYS simulation environment using the Solar Thermal Electric Component (STEC) model library and Thermal
The results show that the cities of Recife (PE), Fortaleza (CE), Belterra (PA), Salvador (BA) and Petrolina (PE) stand out for their high monthly values of direct normal irradiation (DNI) and, resulting the highest production of energy by the same configuration of Solar Central Power Plant
Summary
Solar energy has many benefits including environmental protection, economic growth, job creation, and diversity of fuel supply. Solar energy technologies can be deployed rapidly, and have the potential for global technology transfer and innovation. Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [17]. With global growing energy demand and green-house gas emission, concentrating solar power is considered as one of the promising options and has invited wide attention. Brazil is a developing country with an increasing energy demand. Solar resources and large areas are widely available in some parts of the country. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants operate on Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)
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