Volumetric receivers in Solar Thermal Power Plants with Central Receiver System technology: A review

There is generally agreement among the HVAC (Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning) community that one of the main issues impeding solar thermal technologies from achieving their full potential for space heating and domestic hot water (DHW) production applications is the development of economically competitive and reliable means for seasonal storage of thermal energy. This is particularly true at high latitude locations, where seasonal variations of solar radiation are significant, and in cold climates, where seasonally varying space heating loads dominate residential energy consumption. This review presents the principal methods available for seasonal storage of solar thermal energy. It concentrates on residential scale systems, and particularly those currently used in practice which mostly store energy in the form of sensible heat. Some newer methods that exhibit promise, like chemical and latent storage, are also briefly discussed and pertinent reviews are referenced.

A review of available methods for seasonal storage of solar thermal energy in residential applications

The solar thermal power plant is one of the promising renewable energy options to substitute the increasing demand of conventional energy The cost per kW of solar power is higher and the overall efficiency of the system is lower In the present communication, a comprehensive literature review on the scenario of solar thermal power plants and its up-to-date technologies all over the world is presented Results of the technical and economical feasibility studies by researchers are reported in brief for further reference It is observed that the solar thermal power plants have come out of the experimental stage to commercial applications Case studies of typical 50 MW solar thermal power plants in the Indian climatic conditions at locations such as Jodhpur and Delhi is highlighted with the help of techno-economic model Different solar concentrator technologies (parabolic trough, parabolic dish and central power tower) for solar thermal power plants are compared economically It has been found that the parabolic dish concentrating solar Stirling engine power plant generate electricity at a lower unit cost than the other two solar technologies considering 30 years lifespan and 10% interest rate on investment

State-of-the-art of solar thermal power plants—A review

Sustainable development using renewable energy technology

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Thermoeconomic analysis and off-design performance of an organic Rankine cycle powered by medium-temperature heat sources

Integrating life cycle assessment and emergy synthesis for the evaluation of a dry steam geothermal power plant in Italy

A novel solar-geothermal district heating, cooling and domestic hot water system: Dynamic simulation and energy-economic analysis

Energy piles for ground source heat pump applications: Comparison of heat transfer performance for different design and operating parameters

The effective thermal conductivity of a porous medium with interconnected particles