Design and Characterizations of Solar Steam Engine
In this paper a conceptual design of solar steam dish concentrated ( 2 m ) area was used .With cylindrical receiver as a solar boiler and two axis tracking system .the experimental were conductance from 80-150 °C under a mean solar flux of (250 -780 W/m) concentration product analysis of this innovative solar boiler applied drive to steam engine. We have found that overall efficiency of the conversion from direct solar irradiation energy to
Parabolic Trough Reference Plant for Cost Modeling with the Solar Advisor Model (SAM)
This report describes a component-based cost model developed for parabolic trough solar power plants. The cost model was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), assisted by WorleyParsons Group Inc., for use with NREL's Solar Advisor Model (SAM). This report includes an overview and explanation of the model, two summary contract reports from WorleyParsons, and an Excel spreadsheet for use with SAM. The cost study uses a reference plant with a 100-MWe capacity and six hours of thermal energy storage. Wet-cooling and dry-cooling configurations are considered. The spreadsheet includes capital and operating cost by component to allow users to estimate the impact of changes in component costs.
Investigation of a novel combined cycle of solar powered adsorption–ejection refrigeration system
A novel model of the combined cycle of a solar-powered adsorption–ejection refrigeration system (CCSPAERS) is established. By analyzing the theory of this system and its thermodynamics, together with numerical simulation, it is found that it is a feasible method to overcome the intermittent character of a single bed solar adsorption refrigeration system. The estimated coefficient of performance for this combined cycle is about 0.4 under the following operating conditions: condensing temperature 313 K, evaporating temperature 283 K, regenerating temperature 393 K and desorbing temperature 473 K, using zeolite 13X–water as the pair. The higher desorbing temperature can be obtained when a vacuumed tube adsorber or a CPC adsorber is used.