Thermodynamic performance assessment of a new solar tower-geothermal combined power plant compared to the conventional solar tower power plant

Boukelia T., ARSLAN O., Bouraoui A.

Energy, cilt.232, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 232
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121109
  • Dergi Adı: Energy
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Computer & Applied Sciences, Environment Index, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bottoming binary geothermal, Exergy, Lowtemperature, Performance, Topping solar plant
  • Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2021 Elsevier LtdConcentrating solar power plants can be a good choice for green power generation; nevertheless, this technology has low financial profitability and energy dispatch capacities compared to those based on conventional fossil fuels. On the other side, hybridization of concentrating solar power with geothermal energy is a good option for the erection of large-scale power plants with high dispatch capacity and low investment cost, due to the large potential and geographical coincidence of geothermal resources with high solar irradiation areas. Thus, the main aim of the present paper is to investigate the hourly and annual performances of a new combined solar-geothermal power plant. This layout includes a bottoming binary geothermal power cycle that recovers the waste heat from a topping solar tower thermal power plant to generate power. In this process, both steam and organic turbines produce electrical power. By using this new design, the dispatch capacity and annual thermodynamic performances have been raised by more than 30% compared to the conventional solar tower plant. Furthermore, the increase in geothermal production well temperature will increase the dispatch capacity of this new hybrid plant up to 152 GWh annually, for a temperature of 95 °C.