Thermodynamic performance and water consumption of hybrid cooling system configurations for concentrated solar power plants

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dc.contributor.authorAsfand, Faisal
dc.contributor.authorPalenzuela, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorRoca, Lidia
dc.contributor.authorCaron, Adèle
dc.contributor.authorLemarié, Charles-André
dc.contributor.authorGillard, Jon
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Peter J.
dc.contributor.authorPatchigolla, Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T10:10:51Z
dc.date.available2020-08-11T10:10:51Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-10
dc.description.abstractThe use of wet cooling in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants tends to be an unfavourable option in regions where water is scarce due to the high water requirements of the method. Dry-cooling systems allow a water consumption reduction of up to 80% but at the expense of lower electricity production. A hybrid cooling system (the combination of dry and wet cooling) offers the advantages of each process in terms of lower water consumption and higher electricity production. A model of a CSP plant which integrates a hybrid cooling system has been implemented in Thermoflex software. The water consumption and the net power generation have been evaluated for different configurations of the hybrid cooling system: series, parallel, series-parallel and parallel-series. It was found that the most favourable configuration in terms of water saving was series-parallel, in which a water reduction of up to 50% is possible compared to the only-wet cooling option, whereas an increase of 2.5% in the power generation is possible compared to the only-dry cooling option. The parallel configuration was the best in terms of power generation with an increase of 3.2% when compared with the only-dry cooling option, and a reduction of 30% water consumption compared to the only-wet cooling optionen_UK
dc.identifier.citationAsfand F, Palenzuela P, Roca L, et al., (2020) Thermodynamic performance and water consumption of hybrid cooling system configurations for concentrated solar power plants. Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 11, 2020, Article number 4739en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12114739
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15660
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectwater consumptionen_UK
dc.subjectpower blocken_UK
dc.subjectconcentrated solar poweren_UK
dc.subjecthybrid cooling systemsen_UK
dc.titleThermodynamic performance and water consumption of hybrid cooling system configurations for concentrated solar power plantsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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