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High Temperature Helical Tubular Receiver For Concentrating Solar Power System, Nazmul Hossain
High Temperature Helical Tubular Receiver For Concentrating Solar Power System, Nazmul Hossain
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In the field of conventional cleaner power generation technology, concentrating solar power systems have introduced remarkable opportunity. In a solar power tower, solar energy concentrated by the heliostats at a single point produces very high temperature. Falling solid particles or heat transfer fluid passing through that high temperature region absorbs heat to generate electricity. Increasing the residence time will result in more heat gain and increase efficiency. A novel design of solar receiver for both fluid and solid particle is approached in this paper which can increase residence time resulting in higher temperature gain in one cycle compared to conventional …
Wind Farm Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms, Carlos Marco Ituarte-Villarreal
Wind Farm Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms, Carlos Marco Ituarte-Villarreal
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In recent years, the wind power industry has focused its efforts on solving the Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO) problem. Wind resource assessment is a pivotal step in optimizing the wind-farm design and siting and, in determining whether a project is economically feasible or not. In the present work, three (3) different optimization methods are proposed for the solution of the WFLO: (i) A modified Viral System Algorithm applied to the optimization of the proper location of the components in a wind-farm to maximize the energy output given a stated wind environment of the site. The optimization problem is formulated …