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Characterization Of Coated Particles To Use In High-Temperature Solid Particle Receivers, Seyed Adib Taba
Characterization Of Coated Particles To Use In High-Temperature Solid Particle Receivers, Seyed Adib Taba
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
High-temperature solid particle receivers have been widely studied for use in concentrated solar power systems to absorb concentrated solar radiation. Many efforts have been made to select a particle that can increase the performance of these systems. In this experimental study, available coating technology for particles is used to examine whether it could enhance heat transfer. A packed bed setup is designed and validated to assess the heat transfer of these particles. The validated packed bed opens the scope in which a packed bed can be used as a primary experiment for the prediction of suitable alternative particles and reduce …
Optimization Of Solar-Coal Hybridization For Low Solar Augmentation, Aaron T. Bame
Optimization Of Solar-Coal Hybridization For Low Solar Augmentation, Aaron T. Bame
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One approach to enabling a larger penetration of renewable sources of energy is the implementation of hybrid power plants. This work presents a process to determine the preliminary optimal configuration of a concentrating solar power-coal hybrid power plant with low solar augmentation, and is demonstrated on a coal power plant in Castle Dale, UT. A representative model is developed and validated against published data for a coal power plant of a different configuration than Hunter Unit 3. The simplifications within the representative model include combining multiple feedwater heaters, combining turbines that operate across the same boundary states, and the mass-average …